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colonies development
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Navigation acts | a trade regulation that helped England |
| Smuggling | Importing or exporting goods illegally |
| Diversity | Variety of people |
| Conestoga wagon | A vehicle with wide wheels and a curved bed |
| Stono Rebellion | A slave uprising in south Carolina in 1739 |
| Appalachian Mountains | Stretch from Canada to Alabama |
| piedmont | A broad plateau |
| fall line | The stopping point for large boats |
| Eliza Lucas | A South Carolina planter who grew indigo |
| William Byrd II | A Virginia planter and writer |
| Backcountry | The mountainous region to the west of the earlier settlements |
| Craftworker | Artisan |
| Overseer | Directs work of slaves |
| Triangular trade | Trade route shaped like a triangle and went to New England, Africa and West Indies |