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Chapter 4 Vocabulary
US History
Term | Definition |
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Backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies |
subsistence farming | a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amount for trade |
triangular trade | the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America |
Navigation Acts | a series of laws passed by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to endure that England made money from its colonies' trade |
smuggling | to illegally import or export goods |
cash crop | a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal care |
gristmill | a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or 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 |
William Byrd 2nd | one of the best known Southern planters |
overseer | a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves |
Stono Rebellion | a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws |
Appalachian Mountains | a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama |
fall line | a 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 |