| A | B |
| Triangular trade | Where Africans became a part of a transatlantic trading network during the 17th century. |
| Middle passage | The tranportation of slaves from Africa to the West Indies. |
| Enlightenment | An 18th century movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method for obtaining knowledge. |
| Benjamin Franklin | A colonist who eagerly took the notion of obtaining truth through experimentation and reason. |
| Great Awakening | A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s. |
| Jonathan Edwards | Did not believe that humans had the power to perfect themselves. |
| French and Indian War | A part of the worldwide struggle between France and Britain, and ended with the defeat of France. |
| William Pitt | An energetic, self-confident politician who was selected as one of the new leaders to run King Goerge the 2nd's government in 1757. |
| Pontiac | Also known as the Otawwa leader, who recognized that the French loss was loss for Native Americans. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Established a Proclamation Line along the Appalachians, which the colonists were not supposed to cross. |