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19 Cards in this Set
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A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama.
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Appalachian Mountains |
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a skilled worker,such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand;a craftsperson.
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Artisan |
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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.
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Backcountry |
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a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use. |
Cash Crop |
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large groups of families-sometimes in the thousands-that claim a common ancestor. |
clan |
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a wagon people use to carry their produce to town in. |
Conestoga wagon |
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a variety of people. |
Diversity |
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introduced indigo. |
Eliza Lucas |
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the point at which a waterfall prevents boats from moving farther upriver; in the south,where the Backcountry began. |
Fall line |
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a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal.
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Gristmill |
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a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
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Indigo |
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a series of laws passed by parliament,beginning in 1651, to ensure that England made money from its colonies trade. |
Navigation Acts |
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someone who watches over slaves. |
Overseer |
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broad plateau that leads to the foot of the mountain range.
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Piedmont |
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to illegally import or export goods. |
Smuggling |
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a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws. |
Stono Rebellion |
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a farm that produces enough food for their family with a small additional amount for trade. |
Subsistence Farming |
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the transatlantic system of trade in which goods,including slaves,were exchanged between Africa,England,Europe,and the west Indies,and the colonies in North America. |
Triangular Trade |
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was one of the best known southern planters.
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William Byrd 2
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