ch. 4 vocabulary Word Scramble
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Backcountry | it's a colony region that runs around the appalachian mt. |
Subsistence farming | a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amountfor trade. |
Triangular trade | transatlantic system to trade in which goods were exchanged. |
Navigation acts | a series of laws passed by parliament,beginning in 1651,to ensure that england made money from its colonies trade. |
Ssmuggling | to ill egally import or export goods. |
Cash crop | a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use. |
Gristmill | a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour of meal. |
Diversity | a variety of people. |
Artisan | a skilled worker,such as a weaver or a potter who makes goods by hand,a craftsperson. |
Conestoga wagon | a vehicle with wide wheels,a curved bed,and a canvas cover used by american pioneers traveling west. |
Indigo | a plant grown in the southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye. |
Eliza Lucas | a young women who introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop in south Carolina. |
William Byrd || | one of the best known of the southern planters. |
Overseer | a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves. |
Stone rebellion | a 1739 uprising of slaves in south Carolina,leading to the tightening of already harsh slaves laws. |
Appalachian mt. | a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada,south to Alabama. |
Fall line | the point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from moving farther upriver. |
Piedmont | a broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range. |
clan | a large group of families that claim a common ancestor. |
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