AP Ch. 4 Study Guide“The Empire in Transition”

Period 3: 1754-1775

KEY TERMS:

CONCEPT OUTLINE: / commercial vs. territorial imperialists / colonial boycotts
MUST KNOW: / Treaty (Peace) of Paris of 1763 / Boston Massacre
Seven Years’ War / Pontiac’s Rebellion / Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin / George III / “no taxation without representation”
Proclamation of 1763 / Sugar Act / virtual vs. actual representation
Patriot Movement / Currency Act / Tea Act
Loyalists / Stamp Act / Mercy Otis Warren
Paxton Boys / Daughters of Liberty
EXAMPLES (Must Know in bold): / Regulator Movement / spinning bees & homespun
Albany Plan / George Grenville / Boston Tea Party
Ohio Valley / Stamp Act Crisis / Lord North
Iroquois Confederacy / Patrick Henry / Coercive “Intolerable” Acts
Fort Duquesne / “Virginia Resolves” / Quebec Act
Fort Necessity / Sons of Liberty / First Continental Congress
George Washington / Declaratory Act / Lexington and Concord
William Pitt / Townshend Acts / Minutemen
Siege of Quebec / Mutiny Act / Committees of Correspondence
internal vs. external taxes

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

  • What were the causes of conflict between British and France and American Indians culminating in the Seven Years’ War?
  • What were the positive and negative effects of the victorious results of the Seven Years’ War on the British?
  • What were the motivations and the effects of the Proclamation of 1763? What effects did the Seven Years’ War have on American Indian groups?
  • What were the political and economic causes of the colonists uniting in opposition to British imperial policies?
  • How did American Indian tribes attempt to prevent American expansion? What role did the British play in this and what impact did this have on U.S. and British relations?
  • What were the philosophical and ideological arguments made by colonial leaders encouraging resistance to Britain, including the influence of the Enlightenment?
  • How did both the philosophy of the Enlightenment and religion including the ideas of the Great Awakening, inspire colonial leaders to challenge British authority and push for more liberty and independence?
  • How did leaders like Benjamin Franklin, and popular movements that included laborers, artisans, and women, energize the movement for independence?
  • What caused colonized to join the Patriot cause and how were the able to mobilize support for the movement?