APUSH AMSCO Unit 3/Period 3 Terms
1754-1800 with Complete Solutions
Stamp Act Congress - ANSWER - Representatives from nine colonies met in New York in 1765
and decided that only their own elected representatives had the power to approve taxes. (p. 73)
Sons and Daughters of Liberty - ANSWER - Secret society organized to intimidated tax agents.
Sometimes they destroyed revenue stamps and tarred and feathered tax collectors. (p. 73)
Committees of Correspondence - ANSWER - Initiated by Samuel Adams in 1772, these letters
spread news of suspicious or threatening acts by the British throughout the colonies. (p. 74)
Intolerable Acts - ANSWER - Colonist name for the Coercive Acts of 1774, a series of acts
created to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. (p. 75)
salutary neglect - ANSWER - Great Britain had exercised little direct control over the colonies
and did not enforce its navigation laws. This changed after the French and Indian War, as the
British adopted more forceful policies for taking control of the colonies. (p. 71)
Pontiac's Rebellion - ANSWER - In 1763, American Indian chief Pontiac led a major attack
against the colonial settlements on the western frontier. The British did not rely on colonial
forces, but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion. This led to the creation of the
Proclamation of 1763. (p. 72)
Proclamation Act of 1763 - ANSWER - This proclamation prohibited colonists from settling west
of the Appalachian Mountains. The British hoped it would prevent violence between Native
Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the law, moving to the west
of the imaginary boundary in large numbers. (p. 72)
Declaratory Act - ANSWER - In 1766, Parliament declared that it had the right to tax and make
laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever. (p. 73)
, Townshend Acts - ANSWER - 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)
Writs of Assistance - ANSWER - A general license to search anywhere. (p. 73)
Tea Act - ANSWER - 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)
Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) - ANSWER - War fought in the colonies from 1754 to
1763 between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio River Valley area. The
English won the war and the Peace of Paris was negotiated in 1763. (p. 70)
Peace of Paris - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - This 1765 act required the colonists to provide food and living
quarters for British soldiers. (p. 72)
Stamp Act - ANSWER - 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)
Coercive Acts - ANSWER - In 1774, after the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain created four
Coercive Acts to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts. (p. 75)
Quebec Act - ANSWER - 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)
1754-1800 with Complete Solutions
Stamp Act Congress - ANSWER - Representatives from nine colonies met in New York in 1765
and decided that only their own elected representatives had the power to approve taxes. (p. 73)
Sons and Daughters of Liberty - ANSWER - Secret society organized to intimidated tax agents.
Sometimes they destroyed revenue stamps and tarred and feathered tax collectors. (p. 73)
Committees of Correspondence - ANSWER - Initiated by Samuel Adams in 1772, these letters
spread news of suspicious or threatening acts by the British throughout the colonies. (p. 74)
Intolerable Acts - ANSWER - Colonist name for the Coercive Acts of 1774, a series of acts
created to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. (p. 75)
salutary neglect - ANSWER - Great Britain had exercised little direct control over the colonies
and did not enforce its navigation laws. This changed after the French and Indian War, as the
British adopted more forceful policies for taking control of the colonies. (p. 71)
Pontiac's Rebellion - ANSWER - In 1763, American Indian chief Pontiac led a major attack
against the colonial settlements on the western frontier. The British did not rely on colonial
forces, but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion. This led to the creation of the
Proclamation of 1763. (p. 72)
Proclamation Act of 1763 - ANSWER - This proclamation prohibited colonists from settling west
of the Appalachian Mountains. The British hoped it would prevent violence between Native
Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the law, moving to the west
of the imaginary boundary in large numbers. (p. 72)
Declaratory Act - ANSWER - In 1766, Parliament declared that it had the right to tax and make
laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever. (p. 73)
, Townshend Acts - ANSWER - 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)
Writs of Assistance - ANSWER - A general license to search anywhere. (p. 73)
Tea Act - ANSWER - 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)
Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) - ANSWER - War fought in the colonies from 1754 to
1763 between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio River Valley area. The
English won the war and the Peace of Paris was negotiated in 1763. (p. 70)
Peace of Paris - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - This 1765 act required the colonists to provide food and living
quarters for British soldiers. (p. 72)
Stamp Act - ANSWER - 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)
Coercive Acts - ANSWER - In 1774, after the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain created four
Coercive Acts to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts. (p. 75)
Quebec Act - ANSWER - 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)
