APUSH Unit 3 - Important Terms

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Seven Year War and its impact on the colonies

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The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) left Britain in debt, prompting new taxes on the American colonies and escalating tensions that led to the American Revolution.

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Intolerable Acts

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The Intolerable Acts were harsh British laws passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, which united the colonies against British rule.

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Boston Tea Party

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The Boston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in which patriots dumped British tea into Boston Harbor to oppose taxation without representation.

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Benjamin Franklin (US History Importance)

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Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Before the Declaration, create the Join or Die cartoon.

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense

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Common Sense was a 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that powerfully argued for American independence from Britain and swayed public opinion toward revolution.

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American Revolutionary War

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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was the conflict in which the thirteen colonies fought for and won independence from British rule.

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Loyalists

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Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the Revolutionary War and were often persecuted or displaced after the conflict.

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Republican Motherhood

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Republican Motherhood was the post-Revolutionary idea that women should raise virtuous, educated citizens to support the new American republic.

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Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation was the first U.S. government framework, which created a weak central government and was later replaced due to its ineffectiveness.

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Northwest Ordinance

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a system for admitting new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory, setting a precedent for westward expansion.