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Ch.4 vocab..
Question | Answer |
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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 |