Southern Colonies

Plantation

a large farm that raises cash crops

Cash Crop

a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use

Push-pull factor

a factor that pushes people out of their Native lands and pulls them toward a new place

Indigo

a plant grown in the Southern colonies that yields a great blue dye

House of Burgesses

created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American Colonies

Royal Colony

a colony ruled by governors appointed by a king

Triangular Trade

the translantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, West Indies and the colones in North America

Self-Sufficient

to rely on oneself to survive and succeed

Irrigate

to bring water to an area such as farmland

Warehouse

a large building used for stroing a surplus

Surplus

the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied

Fertile soil

land capable of sustaining abundant plant growth

Planter

the owner of a plantation

Piedmont

the fertile land at the foot of a mountain

Rotation of crops

system by which planters moved crops from one field to the next to facilitate the growth of tobacco iin the most fertile soil

Coastal Plain

a spread of land near bordering an ocean