| A | B |
| Colonization | establishing and settling in a distant territory under control of another nation |
| Slavery | holding people in bondage for labor |
| Revolution | overthrow of one government and the substitution of another by the governed |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy a good or use a service in order to create political change |
| Missions | a settlement created to convert Native Americans to Christainity |
| Colombian Exchange | transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and Eastern hemispheres |
| Jamestown | the first successful permanent English colony in Americas |
| Pilgrims | member of the group that rejected the Church of England, sailed to America, and founded the Plymouth Colony |
| Triangular Trade | transatlantic trade between Americas, Africa, and Europe |
| French and Indian War | conflict between France/Indians and British/Colonists for control of land in North America |
| Declaration of Independence | document signed in 1776, in which the colonists declared independence from Britain |
| Loyalists | colonists who supported the British during the Revolution |
| Patriots | colonists who supported the Rebels during the Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | treaty that ended the Revolutionary War |
| Treaty of Paris | treaty that ended the French and Indian War |