APUSH Period 3: Study Guide Exam
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French and Indian War - ✔✔A war that pitted the British and their colonial allies
against the French and Indians. 1754-1763.
Albany Plan of Union - ✔✔Plan to create a unified government for 13 colonies.
Suggested by Benjamin Franklin, a Pennsylvania delegate at the Albany Congress.
Treaty of Paris, 1763 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔A document that said the colonists had to stay east of the
Appalachian Mountains; it was illegal for them to go west.
Sugar Act - ✔✔1764. Import tax on foreign sugar to raise revenue for Great Britain.
"No Taxation Without Representation" - ✔✔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.
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, Stamp Act - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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) - ✔✔Tax on paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea, implemented by the
Parliament in 1767.
Committees of Correspondence - ✔✔Rallied colonial opposition against the British
policy and establishment of a political union among the 13 colonies.
Boston Massacre - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔September 1774. 55 delegates met in Philadelphia for
the First Continental Congress in responses to the Coercive Acts.
Second Continental Congress - ✔✔A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that
met in 1775. It managed the colonial war effort and moved towards independence. In
1776, it adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
French and Indian War - ✔✔A war that pitted the British and their colonial allies
against the French and Indians. 1754-1763.
Albany Plan of Union - ✔✔Plan to create a unified government for 13 colonies.
Suggested by Benjamin Franklin, a Pennsylvania delegate at the Albany Congress.
Treaty of Paris, 1763 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔A document that said the colonists had to stay east of the
Appalachian Mountains; it was illegal for them to go west.
Sugar Act - ✔✔1764. Import tax on foreign sugar to raise revenue for Great Britain.
"No Taxation Without Representation" - ✔✔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.
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, Stamp Act - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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) - ✔✔Tax on paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea, implemented by the
Parliament in 1767.
Committees of Correspondence - ✔✔Rallied colonial opposition against the British
policy and establishment of a political union among the 13 colonies.
Boston Massacre - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔September 1774. 55 delegates met in Philadelphia for
the First Continental Congress in responses to the Coercive Acts.
Second Continental Congress - ✔✔A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that
met in 1775. It managed the colonial war effort and moved towards independence. In
1776, it adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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