| A | B |
|---|
| Apprentice | a person who learns a craft or trade by working with a skilled member of that craft or trade |
| Common school | a colonial elementary school |
| Navigation Acts | a series of laws passed by the English Parliament to protect English shipping by restricting the transport of goods to and from the English colonies |
| Provisions | the supplies of food, water, and other items needed for a journey |
| Religious freedom | the right to practice the religion of one’s choosing without government interference |
| Smuggle | to import or export goods illegally |
| Subsistence farming | the practice of producing enough food for a farmer and his family but not enough to sell for profit |
| Artisan | a person skilled at making things by hand |
| Backcountry | the western part of the Southern Colonies just east of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Cash crop | a crop grown for sale rather than for use by farmers |
| Indigo | a plant that produces a blue dye for cloth |
| Overseer | a supervisor |
| Piedmont | a relatively flat area between the Appalachian Mountains and the coastal plain |
| Stono Rebellion | a 1739 revolt by enslaved Africans against their owners |
