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ch.4 vocabhm
ch.4 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the appaliachian mountains through the far western part of the New England, middle, and southern colonies |
subsistence farming | a farming 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 it's 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 a 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 grown in the southern colonies that yeilds a deep blue dye |
Eliza Lucas | introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop after her father sent her to supervise his South Carolina plantationswhen she was 17 |
William Byrd II | best known southern planter. member of house of burgesses. wrote : history of the dividing line betwixt virginia and North Carolina |
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 |
Appaliachian 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 |