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Vocab for Chapter 4
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Backcountry | Another part of the English colonies in the New World. Ran along the Appalacian mounts. through the far western part of the other regions |
| subsistence farming | most farmers in New England practiced this. They produced enough food for themselves and soemtimes a little extra to trade in town. |
| triangular trade | the name given to a trading route with three stops |
| Navigation Acts | in 1651, they were designed to give england $$. the four provisions were: 1. All shipping had to be done in English ships or ships made in English colonies 2. Products like tobacco, wood and sugar could be sold only to England or its colonies. |
| smuggling | importing or exporting goods illegally |
| Navigation Acts cont. | 3. European imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports 4.English officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England |
| cash crop | crops raised to be sold for money |
| gristmill | farmers took harvested grains here. millers crushed grain between heavy stones to produce flour or meal |
| diversity | variety |
| artisan | craftspeople |
| Conestoga wagon | German built these to carry their produce into town. used wide wheels suitable for dirt roads, and the wagon's curved beds prevented spilling when climbing up and down hills |
| indigo | a plant that yields a deep blue dye |
| Eliza Lucas | introduced indigo as a successful plantaion crop after her father sent her to supervise his South Carolina plantations when she was 17 |
| Willian Byrd 2 | one of the best known Southern planters |
| overseer | men hired by planterstp watch over and direct the work of slaves |
| Stono Rebellion | september 1739, about 20 slaves gathered at Stono River just South of Charles Town. they had weapons and killed serveral planter families and marched South to seek freedom in Spanish- Florida |
| Appalacian Mountains | These stretched from Eastern Canada, south to Alabama |
| fall line | Where the waterfalls prevent large boats from moving upriver |
| piedmont | means 'foot of the mountains'. the broad plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalacian Range |
| clan | large groups of families, sometimes in the thousands that claim a common ancestor. |
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