LOCK TF IN APUSH Period 3

Identify this 1765 law passed by Parliament that imposed a direct tax on printed materials in the colonies and sparked widespread protest, including the formation of the Sons of Liberty.

Stamp Act

Give the name of this 1763 boundary established by the British government to prevent colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains following Pontiac’s Rebellion.

Proclamation Line

Identify this slogan used by American colonists to protest British taxes, arguing that only their elected assemblies had the authority to impose duties.

No Taxation Without Representation

Give the name of this series of 1767 measures that imposed duties on imported goods like glass, paint, and tea, leading to renewed boycotts in the colonies.

Townshend Acts

Identify this 1773 law that allowed the British East India Company to sell a certain product directly to the colonies at a lower price, prompting the Boston Tea Party.

Tea Act

Give the term used by colonists to refer to the punitive laws passed after the Boston Tea Party, including the Boston Port Act and Quartering Act.

Intolerable Acts

Identify this European intellectual movement that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, heavily influencing American revolutionary thought.

Enlightenment

Give the name of this American polymath, diplomat, and inventor who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and negotiated the Franco-American alliance.

Benjamin Franklin

Identify this 1775 document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III as a final attempt to avoid war, which was rejected.

Olive Branch Petition

Give the name of this December 1773 protest in which colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped British cargo into the harbor to oppose a tax.

Boston Tea Party

Identify these April 1775 battles in Massachusetts that marked the beginning of armed conflict between colonial militias and British troops.

Lexington and Concord

Give the name of this Virginian who served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later became the nation’s first president.

George Washington

Identify this group of American colonists who supported independence from Britain and often opposed Loyalists during the Revolutionary era.

Patriots

Give the term for American colonists who remained supportive of the British Crown during the American Revolution.

Loyalists

Identify the military force formed by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, led by George Washington, to fight against British forces.

Continental Army

Give the Enlightenment-based term for rights considered inherent and inalienable, including life, liberty, and property, as emphasized by John Locke.

Natural Rights

Identify this influential 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that argued for American independence and criticized monarchy.

Common Sense

Give the name of this conflict from 1775 to 1783 in which the thirteen colonies broke away from British rule and formed the United States.

American Revolution

Identify this Virginian author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, who championed limited government and agrarian ideals.

Thomas Jefferson

Give the term for the post-Revolutionary belief that women should raise virtuous, informed citizens to sustain the new republic.

Republican Motherhood

Identify this 1776 document drafted by Thomas Jefferson that declared the colonies’ break from Britain and listed grievances against King George III.

Declaration of Independence

Give the name of this division of government responsible for making laws, established in Article I of the U.S. Constitution.

Legislative Branch

Identify this first governing document of the United States, ratified in 1781, which created a weak central government with limited powers.

Articles of Confederation

Give the name of the 1787 gathering in Philadelphia where delegates abandoned the Articles of Confederation and drafted a new Constitution.

Constitutional Convention

Identify this agreement at the Constitutional Convention that counted enslaved people as a fraction of a person for purposes of taxation and representation.

3/5ths Compromise

Give the name of this series of essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay that argued in favor of ratifying the Constitution.

Federalist Papers

Identify this first set of ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing individual freedoms such as speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial.

Bill of Rights

Give the term for supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong central government and included figures like Alexander Hamilton.

Federalists

Identify this early political party led by Thomas Jefferson that favored states’ rights and an agrarian vision of the United States.

Democratic-Republicans

Give the term for individuals and groups who opposed slavery and advocated for its end, both before and after the founding of the U.S.

Abolitionists

Identify this 1794 conflict in which U.S. forces defeated a confederation of Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory, leading to the Treaty of Greenville.

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Give the name of this 1787 law passed under the Articles of Confederation that established a process for admitting new states and banned slavery in a certain U.S. territory.

Northwest Ordinance

Identify this 1791 agreement between the U.S. government and the Cherokee Nation, in which peace and boundaries were promised but frequently violated.

Treaty of Holston

Give the term for the Spanish colonial religious and labor network that used Native American labor to build Catholic missions along the Pacific Coast.

California Missions System

Identify this 1797 diplomatic scandal in which French agents demanded bribes from American envoys, leading to anti-French sentiment and the Quasi-War.

XYZ Affair

Give the name of the 1796 message in which the first U.S. president warned against political parties, sectionalism, and foreign alliances.

George Washington’s Farewell Address

Identify this 1803 land acquisition from France that doubled the size of the United States during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.

Louisiana Purchase

Give the name of this 1783 agreement that officially ended the American Revolution and recognized U.S. independence from Britain.

Treaty of Paris