APUSH AMSCO Unit 3/Period 3 Terms Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH AMSCO Unit 3/Period 3 Terms Study Guide with Complete Solutions Stamp Act Congress - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -Secret society organized to intimidated tax agents. Sometimes they destroyed revenue stamps and tarred and feathered tax collectors. (p. 73) Committees of Correspondence - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -In 1763, American Indian chief Pontiac led a major attack against the colonial settlements on the western frontier. The British did not rely ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 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 - Answer️️ -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) Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -This 1765 act required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers. (p. 72) Stamp Act - Answer️️ -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 th