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Chapter 4; Section 1
Studying
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subsistence Farming | Generally produced just enough to meet their families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange |
| Triangular Trade | Routes formed a triangle |
| Cash Crop | Farm crop raised to be sold for money |
| Surplus | Extra amounts |
| Tidewater | A region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast |
| Backcountry | A region of hills and forests climbing up toward the Appalachian Mountains west of the Tidewater |
| Overseer | Bosses |
| Slave Code | Strict rules goverened the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans and helped define the relationship between enslaved people and free people |
| Middle Passage | A part of the Triangular trade when enslaved Africans were shipped to the west Indies |