AP United States History
Unit Three Study Guide
Directions: In the space provided, identify each of the following with a detailed description
Significant Term, Person,
or Event
Text
Page
French and Indian War
88-92
Albany Plan of Union
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William Pitt
89
Treaty of Paris, 1763
90
Pontiac’s Rebellion
90
Paxton Boys Riot
92
Proclamation of 1763
92
George III
96
101
107-110
George Grenville
98-101
writs of assistance
98
Sugar Act
98-100
Stamp Act
100-101
Description
plan by Ben Franklin proposing a Grand Council representing
each colony & Iroquois Confederacy; goal was a united front
against perceived territorial aggression of the French
key to winning F/I War was to mobilize colonial soldiers; if
colonies would fight Parliament would pay for war
France is gone from mainland North America
Britain gains Canada & ½ of Louisiana (east of Mississippi)
Spain gains ½ of Louisiana (west of Mississippi)
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Stamp Act Congress
virtual representation
100-101
71
philosophy was attacked as part of Stamp tax protests
“Patriot” groups (i.e.
Sons of Liberty & Loyal
Nine)
101
103
Declaratory Act
101
Townshend Duties
101
John Dickinson & Letters
from a Pennsylvania
Farmer
101
Nonimportation/boycotts
(esp. women, homespun
& spinning bees)
101
Quartering Act
---
Boston Massacre
102
committees of
correspondence
---
Tea Act
103
Boston Tea Party
104
Intolerable Acts
104
due to growing colonial unrest British transferred bulk of
“redcoats” to major seaports & authorized use of private
property to house/shelter these troops
voluntary network of community members throughout New
England responsible for exchanging information & coordinating
measures to defend colonial rights
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First Continental
Congress
104
Suffolk Resolves
104
Lord Dunmore’s
Proclamation
106
Second Continental
Congress
148-150
151-152
Olive Branch Petition
107-110
Thomas Paine & Common
Sense
110
Declaration of
Independence
110-111
A3-A4
American Revolution
114-118
Marquis de Lafayette
Battle of Saratoga
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young, brave, idealistic French aristocrat who joined
Washington’s staff after Battle of Princeton
his presence indicated Louis XVI might help USA in war
116
Significant in convincing French to join war
Friedrich von Steuben
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris, 1783
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117-118
118
German mercenary joined soldiers at Valley Forge
Helped motivate & train soldiers
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new state constitutions
120-121
Articles of Confederation,
esp. powers &
weaknesses
121-122
138-142
A5-A8
Impact of war on blacks
122
Impact of war on
American Indians
122-123
Impact of war on women
(esp. Abigail Adams &
“Remember the Ladies”)
123-125
“republicanism”, esp. for
women (aka Republican
Motherhood)
131-135
Critical Period
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Northwest Ordinance
140-141
Shay’s Rebellion
141-142
Constitutional
Convention
143-147
Constitutional limits &
barriers to pure
“democracy”
143-147
Virginia Plan
143-144
New Jersey Plan
144-145
time from the end of the Revolution to Washington’s election
(era of Articles of Confederation) when there many obstacles
that could have killed the newly independent U.S.A
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Great (aka Connecticut)
Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Electoral College
145
145-146
146
158
Constitution
147
A9-A19
Federalists v.
Anti-Federalists (incl. The
Federalist Papers)
148-153
162
order when states
ratified Constitution
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First Amendment
159
A15
Second Amendment
159
A15
Third Amendment
159
A15
Fourth Amendment
A15
Fifth Amendment
A15
Sixth Amendment
A15
Seventh Amendment
A15
Delaware (12/7/1787), Pennsylvania (12/12/1787), New Jersey (12/18/1787), Georgia
(1/2/1788), Connecticut (1/9/1788), Massachusetts (2/6/1788), Maryland (4/28/1788),
South Carolina (5/23/1788), New Hampshire (6/21/1788), Virginia (6/25/1788), New
York (7/26/1788), North Carolina (11/21/1789), and Rhode Island (5/29/1890)
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Eighth Amendment
A15
Ninth Amendment
159
A15
Tenth Amendment
159
A15
first Cabinet’s members
159
Judiciary Act of 1789
159
Hamilton’s “Report on
the Public Credit”
161-162
Early funding of the
federal government
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Hamilton/Jefferson
compromise
163
Hamilton’s “Report on a
National Bank”
196
strict interpretation v.
loose interpretation
Originally, the federal government could only raise money by
import taxes, excises taxes (sales taxes), & taxing state
governments; taxing personal income was NOT allowed
164-165
implied powers,
“Necessary and Proper”
(aka elastic) Clause
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Federalists v.
Democratic-Republicans
(and likely supporters)
165-167
Washington’s Neutrality
Proclamation
169
Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: Congress shall have
power “To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper
for carrying into Execution *its clearly stated+ powers”
Washington’s effort to balance interests of Federalists and
Democratic-Republicans between Britain & France in their
1790s war
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Jay’s Treaty
170
Pinckney’s Treaty
170
Whiskey Rebellion
172-173
Impact of SaintDominique (Haiti) slave
revolt on US
176-177
Fugitive Slave Law, 1793
217
Washington’s Farewell
Address
179
John Adams’s
Administration
181-184
XYZ Affair
181
Quasi War
181-182
Alien and Sedition Acts
182-183
Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions
183
Interposition &
nullification
183
Election of 1800
183-184
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Gabriel’s Rebellion
185
Questions to consider: While it is not required to answer these questions, being familiar with these
topics would be highly beneficial to you.
1. How and why did the French and Indian War and subsequent British political policies lead to a
rupture between Britain and its American colonies?
2. To what extent did as the Albany Plan, Common Sense, and the Continental Congresses advance a
sense of unity among the American colonies?
3. In what ways were the ideas of liberty and equality advanced and/or stifled by the Revolutionary
Era?
4. How did the Constitution correct the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
5. How and why did the political consensus prevailing during the 1790s fracture into a two-party
system?
6. What were the primary factors contributing to the status and welfare of nonwhites and women in
the new republic?