APUSH AMSCO Unit 3/Period 3 Terms with Complete
Solutions
Stamp Act Congress –correct answer Representatives from nine colonies met in New
York in 1765 and decided that only their own elected representatives had the power to
approve taxes. (p. 73)
Sons and Daughters of Liberty - correct answer Secret society organized to intimidated
tax agents. Sometimes they destroyed revenue stamps and tarred and feathered tax
collectors. (p. 73)
Committees of Correspondence - correct answer Initiated by Samuel Adams in 1772,
these letters spread news of suspicious or threatening acts by the British throughout the
colonies. (p. 74)
Intolerable Acts - correct answer Colonist name for the Coercive Acts of 1774, a series
of acts created to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. (p. 75)
, salutary neglect - correct answer Great Britain had exercised little direct control over
the colonies and did not enforce its navigation laws. This changed after the French and
Indian War, as the British adopted more forceful policies for taking control of the
colonies. (p. 71)
Pontiac's Rebellion - correct answer In 1763, American Indian chief Pontiac led a major
attack against the colonial settlements on the western frontier. The British did not rely
on colonial forces, but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion. This led to the
creation of the Proclamation of 1763. (p. 72)
Proclamation Act of 1763 - correct answer This proclamation prohibited colonists from
settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British hoped it would prevent violence
between Native Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the
law, moving to the west of the imaginary boundary in large numbers. (p. 72)
Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) - correct answer War fought in the colonies
from 1754 to 1763 between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio River
Valley area. The English won the war and the Peace of Paris was negotiated in 1763.
(p. 70)
Solutions
Stamp Act Congress –correct answer Representatives from nine colonies met in New
York in 1765 and decided that only their own elected representatives had the power to
approve taxes. (p. 73)
Sons and Daughters of Liberty - correct answer Secret society organized to intimidated
tax agents. Sometimes they destroyed revenue stamps and tarred and feathered tax
collectors. (p. 73)
Committees of Correspondence - correct answer Initiated by Samuel Adams in 1772,
these letters spread news of suspicious or threatening acts by the British throughout the
colonies. (p. 74)
Intolerable Acts - correct answer Colonist name for the Coercive Acts of 1774, a series
of acts created to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. (p. 75)
, salutary neglect - correct answer Great Britain had exercised little direct control over
the colonies and did not enforce its navigation laws. This changed after the French and
Indian War, as the British adopted more forceful policies for taking control of the
colonies. (p. 71)
Pontiac's Rebellion - correct answer In 1763, American Indian chief Pontiac led a major
attack against the colonial settlements on the western frontier. The British did not rely
on colonial forces, but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion. This led to the
creation of the Proclamation of 1763. (p. 72)
Proclamation Act of 1763 - correct answer This proclamation prohibited colonists from
settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British hoped it would prevent violence
between Native Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the
law, moving to the west of the imaginary boundary in large numbers. (p. 72)
Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) - correct answer War fought in the colonies
from 1754 to 1763 between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio River
Valley area. The English won the war and the Peace of Paris was negotiated in 1763.
(p. 70)
