Chapter 4.4
THE BACKCOUNTRY
Appalachian MountainsDense forests and rushing streams
PeopleTraded deerskins with the natives Built log cabins
Scots-Irish• Came by the
thousands to the colonies, especially the backcountry• Brought the clan
system with them• Did not like outsiders
and banded together
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Life-rough roads and rivers made it almost impossible to move goods-relied on themselves-cornhusk beds, fed family with hogs and cattle, fish and game