Period 3 Vocabulary (Set #1)

Question 1

The North American conflict in a larger imperial war between the French and Indian allies against the British and their Indian allies between 1754 and 1763. The British gained a huge influence in North America while also effectively eliminating the French from that zone of influence.

Answer 1

French and Indian War

Question 2

Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown

Answer 2

Albany Plan of Union

Question 3

A peace treaty negotiated between European powers in 1763 after British victories such as the Seven Years’ War and conquering Canada.

Answer 3

Peace of Paris

Question 4

The unofficial British policy where Parliamentary rules and law were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade

Answer 4

Salutary Neglect

Question 5

the dominant political party in the British Parliament at the time

Answer 5

Whigs

Question 6

a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area

Answer 6

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Question 7

law created by British officials that prohibited colonists from settling in areas west of the Appalachian Mountains

Answer 7

Proclamation of 1763

Question 8

Placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries. Main purpose was to raise money for the crown.

Answer 8

Sugar Act

Question 9

legislation that required colonists to feed & shelter British troops; disobeyed in New York & elsewhere

Answer 9

Quartering Act

Question 10

A tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies

Answer 10

Stamp Act

Question 11

A young Virginia lawyer that spoke for many when he stood up
in the House of Burgesses to demand that the king’s government recognize the
rights of all citizens—including the right not to be taxed without representation

Answer 11

Patrick Henry

Question 12

A meeting of delegations from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament, and it showed signs of colonial unity and organized resistance.

Answer 12

Stamp Act Congress

Question 13

A secret society formed by Samuel Adams to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. It led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors; also firm supporters of independence.

Answer 13

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Question 14

In 1766, the English Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and at the same time signed this Act. This document stated that Parliament had the right “to bind” the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

Answer 14

Declaration/declaratory Act

Question 15

Tax on glass, tea, and paper; provided for search of private homes for smuggled goods; to pay crown officials in the colonies; suspended new York’s assembly for that colony’s defiance of the Quartering Act.

Answer 15

Townshend Acts

Question 16

A general license to search anywhere that was used rather than a judge’s
warrant to search a specific property for searches of smuggled goods after the implication of the Townshend Acts.

Answer 16

Writs of Assistance

Question 17

A paper written by John Dickinson that argued that Parliament could regulate colonial commerce, but if it wanted to tax colonists, it had to have the approval of assemblies that included colonial representatives. (1767-1768)

Answer 17

Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania

Question 18

Massachusetts Revolutionary leader and propagandist who organized opposition to British policies after 1764; radical member and creator of Sons of Liberty, worried that violence of group would discredit it; proposed united plea for repeal of Townshend Duties and another pan-colonial congress; circulated his own exaggerated version of events around colonies. One of the two authors of the “Massachusetts Circular Letter”.

Answer 18

Samuel Adams

Question 19

Prominent American lawyer and political activist during the pre-Revolutionary period in the American colonies. He is best known for his vehement opposition to British policies, particularly the Writs of Assistance and the Stamp Act. One of the two authors of the “Massachusetts Circular Letter”.

Answer 19

James Otis

Question 20

A letter written by James Otis and Samuel Adams that urged the colonies to petition Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.

Answer 20

Massachusetts Circular Letter

Question 21

The new prime minister that urged the repeal of the Townshend acts because they
damaged trade and generated a disappointingly small amount of revenue.

Answer 21

Lord Fredrick North

Question 22

The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans

Answer 22

Boston Massacre

Question 23

Samuel Adams started the first committee in Boston in 1772 to spread propaganda and secret information by way of letters. They were used to sustain opposition to British policy. The committees were extremely effective and a few years later almost every colony had one.

Answer 23

Committees of Correspondence

Question 24

An incident that was frequently discussed in the letters of the Committees of Correspondence where a British customs ship had caught several smugglers.

Answer 24

Gaspee Incident

Question 25

The act passed Parliament that made the price of the company’s tea, even with tax included, cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea due to the hope of helping out the British East India Company’s (BEIC) financial problems.

Answer 25

Tea Act

Question 25

demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.

Answer 25

Boston Tea Party

Question 26

in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop’s in barns and empty houses.

Answer 26

Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts

Question 27

The bill/act that closed the port of Boston, prohibiting trade in and out of the harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for

Answer 27

Port Bill/Act

Question 28

The Act that reduced the power of the Massachusetts legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor.

Answer 28

Massachusetts Government Act

Question 29

The Act that allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in Great Britain instead of in the colonies.

Answer 29

Administration of Justice Act

Question 30

When they passed the Coercive Acts, the British government also passed a law organizing the Canadian lands gained from France. To satisfy the French-speaking Canadians, the act established Roman Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec. It also set up a government without a representative assembly and extended Quebec’s boundary to the Ohio River. This was viewed as a direct attack on the American colonies in the minds of colonists due to it taking lands that New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut claimed along the Ohio River.

Answer 30

Quebec Act

Question 31

A great European cultural movement that emphasized the power of human reason to understand and shape the world that gradually diffused into the Americas and persuaded towards the cause of revolution.

Answer 31

Enlightenment

Question 32

English philosopher who advocated the idea of a “social contract” in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property

Answer 32

John Locke

Question 33

a French philosopher who expanded on the social contract theory, emphasizing the importance of the common good. He argued that people are naturally free and equal and the role of the government is to serve the common good and protect the will of the people / their natural rights

Answer 33

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Question 34

What title is set one of period three?
What range of years is set one of period three?

Answer 34

Imperial Wars & Colonial Protest
1754-1755

Question 35

What time range is period three as a whole?

Answer 35

1754-1800