| A | B |
| Historical Thinking | Way of examining history |
| Columbian Exchange | Accidental disease |
| Tidewater | Pirate haven |
| Coastal Plain | Good farmland |
| Piedmont | Catawba |
| Mountains | Cherokee |
| Gun trading | Outward Passage |
| Slave trading | Middle Passage |
| Homeward Passage | Trading raw materials |
| European motivation | Gold, God, Glory |
| Constitution | Like the rules |
| Topography | Like the shape of the land |
| Primary source | Made at the time of the event |
| Secondary source | Made after an event occurred |
| Nacirema | Fake tribe |
| Claim-Evidence Connection | Make a claim, back it up |
| Amendment | A way of changing a legal document |
| Economy | How an area or region makes money |
| Columbus | Wanted to enslave Native Americans |
| New England | 13 Colonies region relying on fishing |
| Tuscarora War | All about land |
| Lords Proprietors' colonies | NC, SC, Maryland |
| French and Indian War | Ohio Country |
| Bacon Rebellion | Spoiled Rich Kid |
| Tax on paper products | Stamp Act |
| Soldiers in the house | Quartering Act |
| Dumped Tea | Boston Tea Party |
| Women protesting | Edenton Tea Party |
| Consent of the Governed | Declaration of Independence |
| Royal Proclamation | The first tax on the colonists |
| NC's Declaration of Independence | Halifax Resolves |
| Articles of Confederation | America's first constitution, it had numerous problems |
| Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the 13 Colonies |
| Moore's Creek Bridge | Major battle of the Revolutionary War fought in NC |
| Inability of Congress to tax states | One flaw of the Articles of Confederation |