| 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 |