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| backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the Thirteen Colonies |
| subsistence farming | a way of farming that produces enough food for the family with a small amount for trade or sale |
| triangular trade | the shipping system across the Atlantic Ocean in which good, including slaves were exchanged between England, Africa, Europe, and the North American Colonies |
| Navigation Acts | a series of laws passed by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to make sure that England made money from its colonies' trade |
| smuggling | to illegally import or export goods |
| cash crop | a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money |
| gristmill | a mill where grain is ground into flour |
| diversity | a variety of people |
| artisan | a skilled worker, such as a weaver or potter who makes goods by hand, a craftsperson |
| Conestoga Wagon | a vehicle with wide wheels, a curved bed, and canvas cover used by American pioneers who traveled west |
| Indigo | a plant grown in the Southern Colonies that gives a deep blue dye |
| Eliza Lucas | introduced indigo as successful plantation crop to the south |
| Overseer | a worker hired by a farmer to watch over and direct the work of slaves |
| Stono Rebellion | a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of alredy harsh slave laws |
| Appalachian Mountains | a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada to south Alabama |
| fall line | the point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from traveling farther upriver |
| piedmont | a broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range |
| clan | a large group of families that claim a comon ancestor |
