Southern Colonies Vocabulary

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 deep 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 transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies 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 storing 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 filed to the next to facilitate the growth of tobacco in the most fertile soil

Coastal Plain

A spread of land near bordering an ocean