| A | B |
| haciendas | self-sufficient communities with vegetable gardens, workshops, and mills. Native American workers lived on these large estates |
| presidio | military fort builtby the Spanish |
| El Camino Real | Road connecting New Mexico to Mexico City that was used to carry goods between Mexico City and Santa Fe |
| Pueblo Revolt | Fierce fighting that caused the Spanish to be driven out of New Mexico |
| Trading Post | Places where the French and Native Americans met to trade goods |
| tributary | A stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| King Phillip's War | Native American battles that were against English settlers and led by the Wampanoag leader named Metacom |
| backcountry | Rugged stretch of land near the Applachian Mountains where English settlers built log cabins, hunted, and carved small farms from the rocky soil |
| French and Indian War | small battles started this war between Britain and France |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | Many Native Americans resisted British settlers and an Ottawa leader named Pontiac called his warriors to revolt against the British |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Official announcement that said colonists were no longer allowed to settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains |