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Chapter 4 SS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Backcountry | colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mts. through the far western part of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies |
| subsistence farming | a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amount for trade |
| triangular trade | the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, 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 goods |
| 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 | a vehicle with wide wheels, a curved bed, and a canvas cover used by American pioneers traveling west |
| indigo | a plant green in the Southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye |
| Eliza Lucas | introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop in South Carolina when she was 17 |
| William Byrd II | a member in the House of Burgesses, a southern planter, and his family owned a large estate in Virginia |
| overseer | a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves |
| Stono Rebellion | a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws |
| Appalachian Mountains | a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama |
| fall line | the point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from moving farther upriver |
| piedmont | a broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range |
| clan | a large group of families that claim a common ancestor |
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