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Ch.4 vocab..
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. | Back country |
| A farm that makes enough for their family and a little for trade. | Subsistence farming |
| The transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves | Triangular Trade |
| a series of laws passed by Parliament , beginning in 1651, to ensure that England made money from colonies in North America | Navigation Acts |
| to illegally import or export goods | Smuggling |
| Crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use | Cash Crop |
| a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal | Grist Mill |
| a variety of people | Diversity |
| a skilled worker who makes goods by hand | Artisan |
| a vehicle with wide wheels, a curved bed, and a canvas cover used by pioneers traveling west | Conestoga Wagon |
| a plant grown in the Southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye | Indigo |
| introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop | Eliza Lucas |
| one of the most famous Southern planters, best known for his writing | William Byrd The Second |
| a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the slaves | Overseer |
| a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slaves laws | Stono Rebellion |
| mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama | Appalachian Mountains |
| the point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from moving farther upriver | Fall Line |
| a broad plateau that leads to the food of a mountain range | Piedmont |
| a large group of families that claim a common ancestor | Clan |