APUSH Period 3 Vocab (3.2-3.3)

Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War)

War between Britain and France over control of North America. Britain won, but the war left Britain deeply in debt.

George Washington

Virginia military leader who fought the French in the French and Indian War; later became the first U.S. president.

Albany Plan of Union (1754)

Benjamin Franklin’s plan for the colonies to work together for defense against France. It was rejected by the colonies and Britain.

Peace of Paris (1763)

Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. Britain gained most of France’s land in North America.

Salutary neglect

Britain’s policy of loosely enforcing colonial laws, allowing the colonies to govern themselves more.

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Native American resistance to British control of former French lands after the French and Indian War.

Proclamation of 1763

British law that banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to reduce conflict with Native Americans.

Patrick Henry

Virginia leader who opposed British taxation and argued that colonists had the right to govern themselves.

Stamp Act Congress

Meeting of colonial representatives in 1765 that protested the Stamp Act and argued against taxation without representation.

Sons & Daughters of Liberty

Groups that organized protests, boycotts, and resistance against British taxes.

Samuel Adams

Massachusetts political leader who strongly opposed British taxation and helped organize colonial resistance.

Massachusetts Circular Letter

Letter arguing that Britain had no right to tax the colonies without their consent; encouraged other colonies to resist.

Committees of Correspondence

Groups that shared information between colonies about British actions and organized resistance.

Intolerable Acts

Laws passed by Britain to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party; increased colonial opposition to Britain.

Whigs

Colonists who supported independence from Britain and the Patriot cause.

Sugar Act (1764)

Tax on sugar and other goods designed to raise money from the colonies and reduce smuggling.

Quartering Act (1765)

Required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.

Stamp Act (1765)

Tax on printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. Caused major colonial protests.

Declaratory Act (1766)

Declared that Parliament had the right to make laws and impose taxes on the colonies.

Townshend Acts (1767)

Taxes on imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, and tea. Colonists responded with boycotts.

Writ of assistance

General search warrant that allowed British officials to search for smuggled goods without specifying a particular location.

Tea Act (1773)

Law that gave the British East India Company an advantage in selling tea, leading to colonial protests and the Boston Tea Party.

Coercive Acts (1774)

British laws punishing Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party; also called the Intolerable Acts.