Chapter 4 Vocabulary
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| Backcountry | Area of land that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of other regions.
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| Subsistence Farming | Producing just enough food for to survive.
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| Triangular Trade | A trade route with three stops.
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| Navigation Acts | Made four provisions to ensure England made money from the colony's trade.
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| Smuggling | Importing or exporting goods illegally.
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| Cash Crop | Crops sold to get money.
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| Gristmill | A place where millers crushed the grain between heavy stones to produce flour or meal.
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| Diversity | Variety
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| Artisan | craftperson
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| Conestoga Wagon | Wagon built by the Germans that had curved bed to prevent falling of goods and wide wheels to suite the dirt roads. To protect from the rain they had tarps.
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| Indigo | A plant that yields a deep blue eye.
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| Eliza Lucas | A young woman that introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop after her father sent her to supervise his South Carolina plantation when she was 17.
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| William Byrd II | A well known planter in Virginia. After his father died he took up the responsibilities, including joining the House of Burgesses. He was most know for his writing.
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| Overseer | Men hired by planters to look after slaves.
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| Stono Rebellion | On September 1739, around 20 slaves came to the Stono River near Charles Town. They killed many planter families and recruited more slaves. When heading to Spanish-helf Florida they were attacked by white militia and died or were executed.
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| Appalachian Mountains | Mountains that stretch from eastern Canada south to Alabama.
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| Fall line | Where waterfalls prevent large boats from continuing.
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| Piedmont | Means "foot of the mountains." It is the broad range plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge of the Appalachians Mountains.
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| Clan | Large groups of families-sometimes in 1000s-that claim a common ancestor.
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