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APUSH Unit 3 Study Guide

The French and Indian War

  • Caused by France provoking Britain

  • Britain “won” the war

  • Made Great Britain very broke

The Albany Plan of Union

  • Developed by Benjamin Franklin

  • Didn’t end up working

  • Wanted to meet to discuss colonial defense

British View

  • Colonists sucked

  • American militia was radical

  • Thought colonists were uncivilized and uncoordinated

Colonists view

  • They were very proud of their defense

  • Not impressed by Great Britain

British Actions & Colonial Reactions

  • Proclamation of 1763 —> British felt Acts were justified —> Colonists viewed acts as a threat to their liberties

New Revenues and Regulations

  • The Sugar Act (1764)

    • Placed taxes on foreign sugar and other luxuries

    • Regulate the sugar trade to raise revenue

  • The Quartering Act (1765)

    • Required colonists to provide food and shelter for British soldiers

    • Enforce more control over the colonists

  • The Stamp Act (1765)

    • Required revenue stamps on most printed paper

    • To make money for Great Britain who was in debt after the French and Indian War

  • Sons & Daughters of Liberty

    • A secret society for violence and boycotting taxes and guns

  • Declaratory Act (1766)

    • Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies

  • The Townshend Acts —> Writ of assistance —> Letters From a Farmer —> Repeal of the Townshend Acts —> Boston Massacre

Renewal of the Conflict

  • Boston Tea Party

    • Britain put a tax on tea

    • Colonies got upset so they dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

    • Tea Act (1773)

  • The Intolerable Acts

    • 1. The Port Act

    • 2. Massachusetts Government Act

    • 3. Administration of Justice Act

    • 4. Quartering Act

The Enlightenment Ideas

  • Desim

  • Rationalism

  • Social Contract

  • John Locke

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • Thomas Paine —> Common Sense

Fighting Begins

  • 1. Lexington and Concord

    • First Battle to kick start the Revolutionary War

  • 2. Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

    • Heavy losses for Britain

  • The Second Continental Congress

    • Organized Troops

  • Peace Efforts

    • Olive Branch Petition

    • Prohibitory Act

  • The Declaration of Independence

    • Drafted by Thomas Jefferson

    • July 4th, 1776

    • Listed grievances against King George III

  • Patriots

    • Colonists who joined the struggle against Great Britain

    • Supported Independence

  • Loyalists (Tories)

    • 60,000 of them fought with Britain

    • Divided families

  • 3. Battle of Saratoga

    • After winning this battle France joined the Patriots in their fight

    • Started the peace treaty between France and the U.S.

  • 4. Yorktown

    • France and the colonist’s navy surrounded Great Britain and won

    • Ended the war

  • Treaty of Paris

    1. Britian would recognize the U.S.

    2. The Mississippi River would be the Western boundary

    3. Americans had fishing rights off the London Coast

    4. Americans would pay British debts

  • While the colonists were shut off Women did a lot of the at-home work

Organization of New Governments

State Governments

  • Executive branch

  • Legislative Branch

  • Judicial Branch

  • List of Rights

    • Each state constitution had a bill/declaration

Articles of Confederation

  • Accomplishments

    • 1. Independence

    • 2. Land Ordinance (1785)

    • 3. Northwest Ordinance (1787)

  • Weaknesses

    • Foreign Affairs

    • Economic Problems

    • Internal Conflicts

    • Shay’s Rebellion
      - Captain Daniel Shay rebelled against lack of paper money, imprisonment for debt, and high tax states

Annapolis Convention

  • Drafting of the Constitution at Philadelphia

  • Federalists v.s. Anti-Federalists