AMSCO APUSH LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔He led a small militia from the Virginia colony, to halt the
completion of the French fort in the Ohio River Valley, Fort Duquesne. In July 1974, he
was forced to surrender to a superior force of Frenchmen and their American Indian
allies. This was the beginning of the French and Indian War. (p. 70)
✔✔Peace of Paris - ✔✔Peace treaty signed to end the French and Indian War (The
Seven Years' War) in 1763. Great Britain gained French Canada and Spanish Florida.
France gave Spain its western territory. (p. 71)
✔✔Sugar Act - ✔✔A 1764 British act which placed duties on foreign sugar and other
luxuries. Its primary purpose was to raise money for the English Crown. (p. 72)
✔✔Quartering Act - ✔✔This 1765 act required the colonists to provide food and living
quarters for British soldiers. (p. 72)
✔✔Stamp Act - ✔✔This 1765 act required that revenue stamps be placed on almost all
printed paper, such as legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets. This was the first
tax paid directly by the colonists, rather than merchants. Boycotts were effective in
repealing this act. (p. 72)
✔✔Declaratory Act - ✔✔In 1766, Parliament declared that it had the right to tax and
make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever. (p. 73)
✔✔Boston Tea Party (1773) - ✔✔American colonists calling themselves the Sons of
Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, boarded three British ships and
dumped British tea into the Boston harbor. This was in response to the Tea Act which
created a British monopoly on tea.
✔✔Townshend Acts - ✔✔In 1767, Parliament enacted new taxes to be collected on
imports of tea, glass, and paper. It also created the writs of assistance, which was a
general license to search for smuggled goods anywhere. (p. 73)
✔✔Tea Act - ✔✔In 1773, Parliament passed this act which taxed imported tea. The
result was that British tea was even cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea. (p. 75)
✔✔Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) - ✔✔In 1774, after the Boston Tea Party, Great
Britain created four Coercive Acts to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts.
(p. 75)
✔✔Port Act - ✔✔One of the Coercive Acts, which closed the port of Boston, prohibiting
trade in and out of the harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for. (p. 75)
, ✔✔First Continental Congress (1774) - ✔✔Convention of delegates from the colonies
called in to discuss their response to the passage of the Intolerable Acts and to assert
their rights as Englishmen.
✔✔Massachusetts Government Act - ✔✔One of the Coercive Acts, which reduced the
power of the Massachusetts legislature while increasing the power of the royal
governor. (p. 75)
✔✔Administration of Justice Act - ✔✔One of the Coercive Acts, which allowed royal
officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. (p. 75)
✔✔Quebec Act - ✔✔In 1774, this act organized the Canadian lands gained from France
(Quebec). It established Roman Catholicism as the official religion, set up a government
without a representative assembly, and set the Quebec border further south, at the Ohio
River. (p. 75)
✔✔Enlightenment - ✔✔A European movement in literature and philosophy; used
human reasoning to solve problems. (p. 76)
✔✔Deism - ✔✔Believe that God established natural laws in creating the universe, but
that the role of divine intervention in human affairs was minimal. (p. 77)
✔✔Rationalism - ✔✔Trusted human reason to solve the many problems of life and
society; emphasized reason, science, and respect for humanity. (p. 77)
✔✔Adam Smith - ✔✔Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor
to modern Capitalism. Enlightenment thinker whose ideas fueled the creation of the
market system in the US.
✔✔John Locke - ✔✔English philosopher who said that all people have rights, simply
because they are human and that people have a right and a responsibility to revolt
against any government that failed to protect their rights. (p. 77)
✔✔Jean-Jacques Rousseau - ✔✔French philosopher who had a profound influence on
educated Americans in the 1760s and 1770s. Promoted the concept of a social
contract. (p. 77)
✔✔Intolerable Acts - ✔✔In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts,
which intensified the conflict between the colonies and Great Britain. (p. 85)
✔✔Boston Massacre (1770) - ✔✔An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd
of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; five colonists were killed.
*Historical Significance:*
Boston's radicals used to incident to wage an Anti-British propaganda war.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔He led a small militia from the Virginia colony, to halt the
completion of the French fort in the Ohio River Valley, Fort Duquesne. In July 1974, he
was forced to surrender to a superior force of Frenchmen and their American Indian
allies. This was the beginning of the French and Indian War. (p. 70)
✔✔Peace of Paris - ✔✔Peace treaty signed to end the French and Indian War (The
Seven Years' War) in 1763. Great Britain gained French Canada and Spanish Florida.
France gave Spain its western territory. (p. 71)
✔✔Sugar Act - ✔✔A 1764 British act which placed duties on foreign sugar and other
luxuries. Its primary purpose was to raise money for the English Crown. (p. 72)
✔✔Quartering Act - ✔✔This 1765 act required the colonists to provide food and living
quarters for British soldiers. (p. 72)
✔✔Stamp Act - ✔✔This 1765 act required that revenue stamps be placed on almost all
printed paper, such as legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets. This was the first
tax paid directly by the colonists, rather than merchants. Boycotts were effective in
repealing this act. (p. 72)
✔✔Declaratory Act - ✔✔In 1766, Parliament declared that it had the right to tax and
make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever. (p. 73)
✔✔Boston Tea Party (1773) - ✔✔American colonists calling themselves the Sons of
Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, boarded three British ships and
dumped British tea into the Boston harbor. This was in response to the Tea Act which
created a British monopoly on tea.
✔✔Townshend Acts - ✔✔In 1767, Parliament enacted new taxes to be collected on
imports of tea, glass, and paper. It also created the writs of assistance, which was a
general license to search for smuggled goods anywhere. (p. 73)
✔✔Tea Act - ✔✔In 1773, Parliament passed this act which taxed imported tea. The
result was that British tea was even cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea. (p. 75)
✔✔Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) - ✔✔In 1774, after the Boston Tea Party, Great
Britain created four Coercive Acts to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts.
(p. 75)
✔✔Port Act - ✔✔One of the Coercive Acts, which closed the port of Boston, prohibiting
trade in and out of the harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for. (p. 75)
, ✔✔First Continental Congress (1774) - ✔✔Convention of delegates from the colonies
called in to discuss their response to the passage of the Intolerable Acts and to assert
their rights as Englishmen.
✔✔Massachusetts Government Act - ✔✔One of the Coercive Acts, which reduced the
power of the Massachusetts legislature while increasing the power of the royal
governor. (p. 75)
✔✔Administration of Justice Act - ✔✔One of the Coercive Acts, which allowed royal
officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. (p. 75)
✔✔Quebec Act - ✔✔In 1774, this act organized the Canadian lands gained from France
(Quebec). It established Roman Catholicism as the official religion, set up a government
without a representative assembly, and set the Quebec border further south, at the Ohio
River. (p. 75)
✔✔Enlightenment - ✔✔A European movement in literature and philosophy; used
human reasoning to solve problems. (p. 76)
✔✔Deism - ✔✔Believe that God established natural laws in creating the universe, but
that the role of divine intervention in human affairs was minimal. (p. 77)
✔✔Rationalism - ✔✔Trusted human reason to solve the many problems of life and
society; emphasized reason, science, and respect for humanity. (p. 77)
✔✔Adam Smith - ✔✔Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor
to modern Capitalism. Enlightenment thinker whose ideas fueled the creation of the
market system in the US.
✔✔John Locke - ✔✔English philosopher who said that all people have rights, simply
because they are human and that people have a right and a responsibility to revolt
against any government that failed to protect their rights. (p. 77)
✔✔Jean-Jacques Rousseau - ✔✔French philosopher who had a profound influence on
educated Americans in the 1760s and 1770s. Promoted the concept of a social
contract. (p. 77)
✔✔Intolerable Acts - ✔✔In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts,
which intensified the conflict between the colonies and Great Britain. (p. 85)
✔✔Boston Massacre (1770) - ✔✔An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd
of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; five colonists were killed.
*Historical Significance:*
Boston's radicals used to incident to wage an Anti-British propaganda war.
