A | B |
reservation | land reserved for Indians |
General Braddock | defeated by French/Indians in 1755 |
Charles Woodmason | brought a petition to the Commons House for Back Country |
Conestoga Wagons | favored means of transportation |
Great Wagon Road | path used to reach the Back Country |
Parish | a political/religious unit |
regulators | formed to stop outlaws from raiding their land |
Scots-Irish | immigrants from Ulster, Ireland |
Back Country | part of Carolina above the Fall Zone |
Proclamation of 1763 | prevented British citizens from settling in Indian territory |
King Haigler | Prevented British citizens from settling in Indian territory |
French and Indian War | fought for control of North America |
Treaty of Paris (1763) | ended French and Indian War |
old fields | fields that had been cleared by the Indians |
Circuit Court Act | created new parishes |