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ch.4 vocab jp
Question | Answer |
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Backcountry | Another area of the three distinct regions, it ran along the Appalachian Mountains. |
subsistence farming | this is the type of farming that could only produce enough food for themselves, and sometimes a little extra to trade in town. |
triangular trade | this the name given to a trading route with three stops. |
navigation acts | this was designed to ensure that England made money from its colonies trade. |
smuggling | importing or exporting goods illegally |
cash crops | props raised to sold for money |
gristmill | a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal. |
artisan | craftspeople, became ironworkers and makers of glass, and kitchenware |
conestoga wagons | germans built ___________ to carry their produce to town. |
diversity | variety of people |
indigo | a plant that yields a deep blue dye |
Eliza Lucas | She introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop after her father sent her to supervise his South Carolina plantations when she was 17. |
overseers | these were men hired by planters to watch over and direct at the work of slaves. |
Stono Rebellion | About 20 slaves that gathered at the Stono River and marched down wanting freedom. |
Appalachian Mountains | These mountains stretched from eastern Canada south to Alabama |
fall line | this is were waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver |
piedmont | This means that foot of the mountain, this is the broad plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian range. |
clans | These are large groups of families that claim a common ancestor |