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Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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 | Producing just enough food for themselves and sometimes a little extra to trade in town. |
triangular trade | The transatlantic system of trade in which goos, 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 ensure that England made money from its colonies' trade. |
smuggling | To illegally import or export good. |
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 or meal. |
diversity | A variety of people. |
artisan | A skilled worker, such as a weaver or potter, who makes goods by hand; a craftsperson. |
Conestoga wagon | Built by the Germans, these wagons were made to carry produce to town. |
indigo | A plant grown in the Southern colonies that that yields a deep blue dye. |
Eliza Lucas | Introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop after her father sent her to South Carolina plantations when she was 17. |
William Bryd II | One of the best known Southern planters and after his father died, he took over his responsibility and the membership in the House of Burgesses. |
overseer | A worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves. |
Stono Rebellion | Uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws. |
Appalachian Mountains | Mountains that stretch from eastern Canada south to Alabama |
fall line | Where waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver. |
piedmont | Means "foot of the mountains".A broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range. |
clan | A large group of families that claima common ancestor. |