| A | B |
| Great Awakening | A "new birth" and return to faith |
| Mason-Dixon Line | Separated the Middle and Southern Colonies |
| Proprietary | Colonies run by land owners |
| Royal | Colonies run by the English crown |
| New England | Puritans |
| New England | Hard, rocky soil |
| New England | Ship building, fishing, and whaling |
| Middle | Breadbasket colonies |
| Middle | Quakers |
| Middle | NY, PA, NJ, and DE |
| Southern | Tobacco and rice are grown here |
| Southern | Plantations |
| Southern | Slaves |
| Southern | Longest growing season |
| Tidewater | Wealthy farmers lived on large plantations |
| Tidewater | Slave labor |
| Tidewater | Used rivers to transport crops |
| Backcountry | Neighbors treated as equals |
| Backcountry | Scots-Irish ancestry |
| Navigation Acts | Directed trade between England and the colonies |
| Apprentice | A learning assistant to a craft worker |
| Glorious Revolution | Period of political change in England |
| Enlightenment | Movement that believed knowledge and reason could improve society |
| Town Meeting | New Englanders would vote on issues |
| Smuggling | Trading illegally |