| A | B |
| Celeron de Bienville | Buried leaden plates at the mouths of several rivers in Ohio. |
| Samuel de Champlain | Founded Quebec. |
| George Washington | Delivered a warning message to the French to leave the Ohio region. |
| Arthur St. Clair | The first and only governor of the Northwest Territory. |
| Col. William Crawford | Burned at the stake for the Gnadenhutten massacre. |
| Old Britain | Boiled and eaten by the Ottawa Indians. |
| Jacques Cartier | First European to sail up the St. Lawrence River. |
| Robert de LaSalle | Discovered the Ohio River. |
| Christopher Gist | Toured the Ohio region for the Ohio Land Co. |
| George Croghan | English fur trader who explored Ohio. |
| Chief Logan | Went on the warpath to avenge the death of his family. |
| Lord Dunmore | Governor of Virginia, sent an army to attack the Indians. |
| Col. Bouquet | Led an expedition against the Indians, forced them to give up white prisoners. |
| Etienne Brulè | Believed to be the first European to enter Ohio. |
| Chief Pontiac | Indian leader who united the tribes against the English and failed to capture Ft. Detroit. |
| Representative Democracy | Type of government, majority rules through elected officials. |
| Survey | To take exact land measurements. |
| Campaign | A planned action (military or political) |
| Speculator | An investor who takes high risks. |
| Overbearing | Acting in a proud way. |
| Squatter | A person who settles on land without rights. |
| Township | A unit of land. |
| Vast | Very large in extent. |
| Advocate | To speak in favor of. |
| Ally | A person united with another for a common cause. |
| Slavery | Outlawed in the Northwest Territory. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Created an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mts. dividing White & Indian settlers. |
| Quebec Act of 1774 | Lowered the border of Canada to the Ohio River. |
| Battle of Quebec | Turning point of the French & Indian War. |