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Chap. 4 vocab an
Question | Answer |
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Backcountry | An area that ran along the Appalachian Mountains in North America. |
Subsistence Farming | They produced just enough food for themselves and sometimes a little extra to trade in town. |
Triangular Trade | A trading route with three stops. |
Navigation Acts | had four major provisions designed to ensure that England made money from their colony's trade |
Smuggling | importing or exporting goods illegally. |
Cash crop | crops raised to be sold for money. |
gristmill | Crushed grain between heavy stones to produce flour or meal. Human or animal powered(also water) |
diversity | Variety |
artisans | Craftspeople |
Conestoga wagons | Germans built these to carry their produce to town. |
indigo | a plant that yields a deep blue eye |
Eliza Lucas | Young women who introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop |
overseers | men hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of slaves |
Stono Rebellion | In September 1739 20 slaves gathered at the stono river with guns and other weapons and killed several planter families. However a white Militia caught them and many died, and those who were captured were executed. |
Appalachian Mountains | Mountains that stretch from eastern Canada south to Alabama. |
Fall line | where waterfalls prevent large boats |