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| Backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies |
| subsistence farming | 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 its colonies' trade |
| smuggling | to illegally import or export goods |
| latitude | the distance north and south of the equator, measured in degrees |
| Blackbeard | famous pirate who attack colonial ships |
| 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 |
| grist | another name for grain, the one-seeded fruit of cereal grasses like wheat and rye |
| indigo | a plant grown in the Southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye |
| Eliza Lucas | first to introduce indigo as a successful plantation crop in South Carolina |
| William Byrd II | member of the House of Burgesses, was part of a wealthy wel-known Southern family who were planters |
| overseer | a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves |
| Stono Rebellion | an uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws |
| tyrant | harsh ruler |
| Appalachian Mountains | mountain range running from Alabama into Canada |
| 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 mountains range |
| clan | Irish word that means off-spring or descendants; large groups of families |
| buck | an adult male deer |
| sheers | scissors |
