A Beka History 8 Quiz 5
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lesliecardwell on September 23, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Moravians | German immigrants who followed the teachings of Reformation leader John Huss |
| Farming | the occupation of most Colonial Americans |
| Count von Zinzendorf | Leader of the Moravians, who founded the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. |
| bread colonies | name for middle colonies because of their reliance on a specific kind of agriculture |
| Wilderness Road | the westward trail that the pioneers blazed over the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky |
| homespun | loosely woven, homemade fabric used to make clothing |
| post roads | roads over which mail could be carried |
| bartering | a system in which goods are exchanged for other goods. |
| Moravians | the group that wrote the first classical music composed in America |
| Daniel Boone | led a group of explorers through the Appalachian Mountains by way of the Cumberland Gap |
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