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Chapter 4 Vocab SS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Backcountry | Colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far eastern part of New England, Middle colonies, and Southern colonies. |
| Subsistence Farming | A farm that produces enough food for there family and additional trade. |
| Triangular trade | The name given to a trading route with tree stops. |
| Navigation Acts | Series of laws passed by Parliament in 1651, to ensure England made money from trade. |
| Smuggling | Importing or Exporting goods illegally. |
| Cash crop | Crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money. |
| Gristmill | A mill wich grain is grounded to make flour or meal. |
| Diversity | Variety in its people. |
| Artisan | Craftspeople |
| Conestoga Wagons | To carry their produce to town. |
| Indigo | a plant that yields a deep blue dye. |
| Eliza Lucas | A young women the introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop when she was sent to south carolina plantations when she was 17. |
| William Byrd ll | Was one of the best known of the Southern planters. |
| Overseer | Men hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of slaves. |
| Stono Rebellion | 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws. |
| Appalachian Mountains | Stretched from eastern Canada south to Alabama. |
| Fall line | Is where waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver. |
| Piedmont | Means "foot of the mountains." |
| Clan | Are large groups of families-sometimes in the thousands-that claim a common ancestor. |
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