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Chapter 4 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Area that ran along the Appalachian mountains through the far western part of the other regions. | Backcountry |
| When farmers produced just enough food for themselves, and sometimes a little extra to trade. | Subsistence farming |
| Name given to a trade route with three stops | Triangular Trade |
| An act with four major provisions designed to ensure that England made money from its colonies' trade. | Navigation Acts |
| importing or exporting goods illegally | Smuggling |
| crops that were raised to be sold for money | cash crops |
| a mill where grain got crushed between heavy stones to produce flour or meal | gristmill |
| German craftspeople | artisans |
| wagons that were used to carry groceries onto town. important in settling west | Conestoga wagons |
| a plant that yields a deep, blue eye. | indigo |
| introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop on her father's South Carolina plantations when she was 17. | Eliza Lucas |
| men hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of the slaves. | overseers |
| September 1739, 20 slaves killed several planter families and marched south to seek freedom. | Stono Rebellion |
| A mountain range that stretches from Eastern Canada south to Alabama. | Appalachian Mountains |
| where waterfalls prevent larger boats from moving farther up river. | fall line |
| "foot of the mountains", broad plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Mountains | Piedmont |
| large groups of families that claim a common ancestor. sometimes in the thousands. | Clans |
| variety | diversity |
| one of the best known Southern Planters. Owned a large estate in Virginia. After father died,, he took on his responsibilities ,like House of Burgesses membership. | William Byrd II |