APUSH Period 3 Review 1
2026 | Study Guide &
Practice Questions
|Graded A+ | Guaranteed
success|
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales
Included
, Stamp Act (1765) Part of Grenville's plan to defray the cost of maintaining the British army
along the American frontier. Revenue stamps were attached to printed matter and
legal documents, newspapers, and insurance papers etc. For the colonists the
main issue was "no taxation without representation." Public protests increased
until it was repealed in 1766.
Declaratory Act In 1766, the English Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and at the same time
signed the Declaratory Act. This document stated that Parliament had the right "to
bind" the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." It is important because it stopped the
violence and rebellions against the tax on stamps. Also, it restarted trade with
England, which had temporarily stopped as a defiant reaction to the Stamp Act.
Townshend Act passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass,
lead, paint, paper, and tea. Led to outrage and tons of people boycotted British
goods.
Patrick Henry founding father, served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virgina.
(famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech)
Sons of Liberty A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765
after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs
houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp
Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence
which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies.
The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
Samuel Adams American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and
one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of
Independence
Paul Revere American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by
Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops
were coming (1735-1818)
Boston Massacre British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting
them. Five colonists were killed. The colonists blamed the British and the Sons of
Liberty and used this incident as an excuse to promote the Revolution.
Boston Tea Party Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided
three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into
the harbor as a protest to taxes on tea
2026 | Study Guide &
Practice Questions
|Graded A+ | Guaranteed
success|
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales
Included
, Stamp Act (1765) Part of Grenville's plan to defray the cost of maintaining the British army
along the American frontier. Revenue stamps were attached to printed matter and
legal documents, newspapers, and insurance papers etc. For the colonists the
main issue was "no taxation without representation." Public protests increased
until it was repealed in 1766.
Declaratory Act In 1766, the English Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and at the same time
signed the Declaratory Act. This document stated that Parliament had the right "to
bind" the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." It is important because it stopped the
violence and rebellions against the tax on stamps. Also, it restarted trade with
England, which had temporarily stopped as a defiant reaction to the Stamp Act.
Townshend Act passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass,
lead, paint, paper, and tea. Led to outrage and tons of people boycotted British
goods.
Patrick Henry founding father, served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virgina.
(famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech)
Sons of Liberty A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765
after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs
houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp
Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence
which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies.
The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
Samuel Adams American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and
one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of
Independence
Paul Revere American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by
Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops
were coming (1735-1818)
Boston Massacre British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting
them. Five colonists were killed. The colonists blamed the British and the Sons of
Liberty and used this incident as an excuse to promote the Revolution.
Boston Tea Party Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided
three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into
the harbor as a protest to taxes on tea
