APUSH Period 3: Study Guide UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER - A war that pitted the British and their
colonial allies against the French and Indians. 1754-1763.
Albany Plan of Union - CORRECT ANSWER - Plan to create a unified government for 13
colonies. Suggested by Benjamin Franklin, a Pennsylvania delegate at the Albany Congress.
Treaty of Paris, 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - This is what ended the French and Indian
war between Great Britain and France, making France give up much of their territory in the
Canada area and made Spain take Louisiana.
Pontiac's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER - A war launched in 1763 by native American
tribes who were dissatisfied with British policies. Led by a Native American chief named
Pontiac.
Paxton Boys - CORRECT ANSWER - Frontiersmen of Scottish or Irish origin who
formed a group to retaliate against American Indians. Happened after the French and Indian
war/Pontiac's rebellion.
Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - A document that said the colonists had to
stay east of the Appalachian Mountains; it was illegal for them to go west.
Sugar Act - CORRECT ANSWER - 1764. Import tax on foreign sugar to raise revenue for
Great Britain.
"No Taxation Without Representation" - CORRECT ANSWER - A slogan during the
1750s and 1760s. It was a primary grievance of the American colonists and the 13 colonies
which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.
, Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Internal tax on legal documents. There was massive
resistance and mass violence along with the boycotts. Colonists stuck with the slogan "no
taxation without representation." The colonists thought that they should be taxed locally not
foreignly.
Stamp Act Congress - CORRECT ANSWER - 1765. A group of representatives from nine
colonies that met in New York (in 1765, obviously). They resolved that only their own elected
representatives had the legal authority to approve taxes.
Townshend Act(s) - CORRECT ANSWER - Tax on paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea,
implemented by the Parliament in 1767.
Committees of Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER - Rallied colonial opposition
against the British policy and establishment of a political union among the 13 colonies.
Boston Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER - This was a confrontation between British
troops and a mob. This led to the death of some unarmed man. (This event basically showed that
the British had killed people for no reason.)
Boston Tea Party - CORRECT ANSWER - This was when Bostonians disguised
themselves as Native Americans and boarded the British ships and dumped 342 barrels/chests of
tea into the harbor. This was their response to the Tea Act.
Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER - 1775. Martial law was implemented. A series of
acts occurred: Boston Port Bill, Quebec Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Bay
Regulation Act, and the New Quartering Act.
First Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER - September 1774. 55 delegates met in
Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress in responses to the Coercive Acts.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER - A war that pitted the British and their
colonial allies against the French and Indians. 1754-1763.
Albany Plan of Union - CORRECT ANSWER - Plan to create a unified government for 13
colonies. Suggested by Benjamin Franklin, a Pennsylvania delegate at the Albany Congress.
Treaty of Paris, 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - This is what ended the French and Indian
war between Great Britain and France, making France give up much of their territory in the
Canada area and made Spain take Louisiana.
Pontiac's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER - A war launched in 1763 by native American
tribes who were dissatisfied with British policies. Led by a Native American chief named
Pontiac.
Paxton Boys - CORRECT ANSWER - Frontiersmen of Scottish or Irish origin who
formed a group to retaliate against American Indians. Happened after the French and Indian
war/Pontiac's rebellion.
Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - A document that said the colonists had to
stay east of the Appalachian Mountains; it was illegal for them to go west.
Sugar Act - CORRECT ANSWER - 1764. Import tax on foreign sugar to raise revenue for
Great Britain.
"No Taxation Without Representation" - CORRECT ANSWER - A slogan during the
1750s and 1760s. It was a primary grievance of the American colonists and the 13 colonies
which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.
, Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Internal tax on legal documents. There was massive
resistance and mass violence along with the boycotts. Colonists stuck with the slogan "no
taxation without representation." The colonists thought that they should be taxed locally not
foreignly.
Stamp Act Congress - CORRECT ANSWER - 1765. A group of representatives from nine
colonies that met in New York (in 1765, obviously). They resolved that only their own elected
representatives had the legal authority to approve taxes.
Townshend Act(s) - CORRECT ANSWER - Tax on paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea,
implemented by the Parliament in 1767.
Committees of Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER - Rallied colonial opposition
against the British policy and establishment of a political union among the 13 colonies.
Boston Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER - This was a confrontation between British
troops and a mob. This led to the death of some unarmed man. (This event basically showed that
the British had killed people for no reason.)
Boston Tea Party - CORRECT ANSWER - This was when Bostonians disguised
themselves as Native Americans and boarded the British ships and dumped 342 barrels/chests of
tea into the harbor. This was their response to the Tea Act.
Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER - 1775. Martial law was implemented. A series of
acts occurred: Boston Port Bill, Quebec Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Bay
Regulation Act, and the New Quartering Act.
First Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER - September 1774. 55 delegates met in
Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress in responses to the Coercive Acts.
