APUSH AP EXAM

Question 1

War between French and Native Americans vs the colonies and Britain

Answer 1

French Indian War

Question 2

Prohibited colonists from expanding on land acquired from the French and Indian War

Answer 2

Proclamation of 1763

Question 3

Placed taxes on stamps

Answer 3

Stamp Act

Question 4

Repealed Stamp Act, but gave Britain full legislative power over the colonies

Answer 4

Declaratory Act of 1766

Question 5

Series of acts which taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

Answer 5

Townshend Acts

Question 6

Protest by the Sons of Liberty that resulted in 342 chests of tea being dumped in the Boston Harbor

Answer 6

Boston Tea Party

Question 7

Group founded to protest and fight against the unlawful taxes imposed on the colonies by Britain

Answer 7

Sons of Liberty

Question 8

A meeting of delegates from 12/13 colonies to discuss the British taxes, and agreed to boycott the taxes until the Intolerable Acts were rescinded

Answer 8

First Continental Congress

Question 9

A series of acts imposed by Britain to punish them for the Boston Tea Party that authorized the blockade of Boston Harbor, repealed Massachusetts’ colonial charter and became controlled by the crown, legal trials could be moved to other colonies or back to Britain, let military officials demand better accommodations for troops, and expanded the border of Quebec down to the Ohio River

Answer 9

Intolerable Acts

Question 10

Referred to as “the shot heard around the world” was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War

Answer 10

Lexington and Concord

Question 11

A meeting of delegates from all 13 colonies which accomplished the establishment of a Continental Army, placed George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, issued paper currency, and drafted the Olive Branch Petition

Answer 11

Second Continental Congress

Question 12

A last chance message sent to King George III to avoid war and express their loyalty to the crown, but also their grievances with it

Answer 12

Olive Branch Petition

Question 13

A significant pamphlet in the colonies which rallied support for the Revolutionary War by arguing for independence from Britain and the creation of a democratic republic

Answer 13

Common Sense - Thomas Paine

Question 14

Declared the reason for the colonies rebellion against Britain and declared their independence

Answer 14

Declaration of Independence

Question 15

An agreement between the US and France stating that neither would make a solo peace treaty with Britain and American independence was a condition for peace with Britain

Answer 15

Treaty of Alliance

Question 16

The final battle of the Revolutionary War

Answer 16

Battle of Yorktown

Question 17

The first US constitution, adopted by the Continental Congress, united the states as a confederacy with a weak central government

Answer 17

The Articles of Confederation

Question 18

Ended the Revolutionary War, forced British recognition of US independence

Answer 18

Treaty of Paris, 1783

Question 19

Outlined a process to admit new states to the Union, established a gov’t for the Northwest Territory, and gave equal state rights to any new states

Answer 19

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 20

An uprising of upset farmers who felt it was unfair that government of Massachusetts was increasing their taxes. Led a riot that exposes weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Answer 20

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 21

Meeting between delegates of all states where the creation of the Constitution was decided

Answer 21

Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Question 22

A proposal at the Constitutional Convention on how to decide who was in the federal legislative body, proposed that population decide number of votes

Answer 22

Virginia Plan

Question 23

A proposal at the Constitutional Convention on how to decide who was in the federal legislative body, proposed all states have equal number of votes

Answer 23

New Jersey Plan

Question 24

Agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention that combined both the Virginia and Delaware Plan, making one legislature be composed of # of votes based on population (House of Representatives) and the other had all equal votes (Senate)

Answer 24

The Great Compromise/Connecticut Plan

Question 25

A series of papers written anonymously to advocate for the proposed Constitution written by Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

Answer 25

The Federalist Papers