APUSH Amsco Period 3 Study Guide

APUSH Amsco Period 3 Study Guide Patrick Henry - Answer️️ -spoke for many when stood up in the House of Burgesses and demanded that the King's government recognize the rights of all citizens including that of the colony, not to be taxed without representation Stamp Act Congress - Answer️️ -reps from 9 colonies met in New York in 1765, resolved that only their own elected representatives had the authority to approve taxes Sons and Daughters of Liberty - Answer️️ -secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents. Members of this society sometimes destroyed revenue stamps and tarred and feathered revenue officials John Dickinson; "Letters from..." - Answer️️ -Argued that parliament could regulate commerce but that because duties were a form of taxation they could not be levied on the colonies without the consent of the representative assemblies Samuel Adams - Answer️️ -1768 Mass Circular letter w/James Otis - denounced the Boston "massacre" and used it to inflame anti-British feelings + led the Committees of Correspondence James Otis - Answer️️ -In Mass, initiated a call for cooperative action among the colonies to protest the stamp act Mass. Circular Letter - Answer️️ -urged the various colonies to protest parliament and retract the Townshend acts ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Committees of Correspondence - Answer️️ -1772 - principal device for spreading anti- British sentiments: they would regularly exchange letters about suspicious or potentially threatening British activities George III - Answer️️ -King of England after 7 years war, wanted colonies to maintain more cost of British empire (for costly British wars) Whigs - Answer️️ -dominant party in Parliament Parliament - Answer️️ -shared views of king Georg the III salutary neglect - Answer️️ -Britain's unofficial policy to relax the enforcement of strict regulations particularly trade laws Lord Frederick North - Answer️️ -new prime minster, urged parliament to repeal Townshend acts Pontiac's Rebellion - Answer️️ -1763 Chief Pontiac led a major attack against settlers moving into the West. British sent troops to put down the uprising Proclamation of 1763 - Answer️️ -Prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian mountains, hoped to prevent hostility between Natives vs English settlers- colonists were angered and defied the proclamation, they continued to move west Seven Years War (French and Indian War) - Answer️️ -Fighting in the colonies was a secondary thought to the British in the first three wars, in this war the fighting began in the colonies and spread to Europe- France and Britain both shipped large numbers of their troops to their colonies realizing their importance. France tried to prevent English from spreading West w/forts on the Ohio river and the support of American Indians ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 3 Albany Plan of Union (1754) - Answer️️ -Proposed by Benjamin Franklin, attempted to create an intercolonial government, system for creating troops, and collecting taxes from the various colonies for their common defense- never took effect but became a precedent for later and revolutionary congresses Edward Braddock - Answer️️ -General who led expedition from Virginia which ended in disaster when attacked by the French and Indians George Washington (Before American Revolution) - Answer️️ -led a small militia to fort Duquesne; after a small victory had to surrender, beginning of French and Indian War Peace of Paris (1763) - Answer️️ -After Britain won the seven years war Great Britain acquired French Canada and Spanish Florida. Louisiana was given to Spain British extend control of North America and French lose all heir power on the continent Sugar Act (1764) - Answer️️ -or the revenue act, placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries, purpose was to raise money for the crown and place tighter restrictions against smuggling Quartering Acts (1765) - Answer️️ -act required colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies Stamp Act (1765) - Answer️️ -required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal documents, newspapers pamphlets, and advertisements- first direct tax, collected from those who used the