APUSH Exam Review
Time Period: 3
Period 3: 1754-1800
British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the
colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along
with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.
Key Concept 3.1: Britain’s victory over France in the imperial struggle for
North America led to new conflicts among the British government, the North
American colonists, and American Indians, culminating in the creation of a
new nation, the United States.
Key Ideas: Conflicts: French and Indian War: Albany Plan, Benjamin
Franklin, William Pitt, Peace of Paris (1763), British victory; Post-War Conflicts:
Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763; Effects of French and Indian War:
Raising British Revenue (Currency Act, Sugar Acts, Stamp Act, Quartering Act),
Colonial Reaction (Patrick Henry, “no representation without representation,
Stamp Act Congress, virtual representation); Colonial Boycott (Sons and Daughters
of Liberty, Sam Adams, , Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts); Boston Responds
(Boston Massacre, Committees of Correspondence, Gaspee Incident, Tea Act, Boston
Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts); American Revolution:
Colonies Organize(1st Continental Congress, Declarations of Rights and
Grievances); Fight Begins (Concord and Lexington, Bunker Hill) Second
Continental Congress (Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up
Arms, Olive Branch petition, Thomas Paine and Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
and The Declaration of Independence)Independence(Patriots, Loyalists/Tories,
Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, French assistance, Yorktown victory, Treaty of
Paris/1783) Indians Revolutionary War (Miami Confederacy, Little Turtle, “Mad”
Anthony Wayne, Battle of Fallen Timbers, Treaty of Greenville)
Focus AP Exam Questions:
(ID-4)(POL-1)(ENV-4)(CUL-1)(ID-1)(WXT-1)(WOR-1)(CUL-4)
(CUL-2 ) Analyze how emerging conceptions of national identity and democratic
ideals shaped value systems, gender roles, and cultural movements in the late 18th
century and the 19th century
(WOR - 5) Analyze the motives behind, and results of, economic, military, and
diplomatic initiatives aimed at expanding U.S. power and territory in the Western
Hemisphere in the years between independence and the Civil War
POL - 2) Explain how and why major party systems and political alignments arose
and have changed from the early Republic through the end of the 20th century
Key Concept 3.2: In the late 18th century, new experiments with democratic
ideas and republican forms of government, as well as other new religious,
economic, and cultural ideas, challenged traditional imperial systems across
the Atlantic World.
Key Ideas: Impact of Enlightenment: Ideas of John Locke, revolutionary
spirit; The Articles of Confederation: Strengths/Weaknesses, New Set of Laws
(Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787), Shay’s Rebellion (Daniel
Shays and farmers, failure of articles, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton –
whig fears) Constitutional Convention: Post War Problems (challenges to
sovereignty with Britain, Spain, and France, Barbary Pirates), Madison takes
charge (central government, separation of powers, advocated a strong central
government) Great Compromise (Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, House of
Representatives, Senate) Executive Decision and 3/5 Compromise (President
elected by Electoral College, fear of mobocracy, representation problems with
slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise and the Northwest Ordinance); Debate over
Ratification: Federalists, Anti-Federalists, Bill of Rights, The Federalists Papers;
Structuring the New Republic: First Cabinet (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and
Hamilton, Judiciary Act of 1789) Hamilton and Finances (excise taxes, “funding at
par”, assumption of state debts, Revenue Act of 1789), Bank of US (Bank of United
States, strict constructionist, loose constructionist, “elastic” cause, rise of the party
system/Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans); Foreign Policy ( French
Revolution, Neutrality Proclamation of 1793, Jay’s Treaty with Great Britain,
Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain, Farewell Address)
Focus AP Exam Questions:
(ID-1)(WOR-2)(CUL-4)(WOR-5)(ID-4)(CUL-2)
[POL - 5) Analyze how arguments over the meaning and interpretation of the
Constitution have affected U.S. politics since 1787
(WXT - 6) Explain how arguments about market capitalism, the growth of corporate
power, and government policies influenced economic policies from the late 18th
century through the early 20th century
(POL - 5) Analyze how arguments over the meaning and interpretation of the
Constitution have affected U.S. politics since 1787
Key Concept 3.3: Migration within North America, cooperative interaction,
and competition for resources raised questions about boundaries and
policies, intensified conflicts among peoples and nations, and led to contests
over the creation of a multiethnic national identity.
Key Ideas: Internal Issues Facing the New Government: Native American
attacks (Battle of Fallen Timbers, Miami Confederacy, contact with French and
British allies) Insurrection by Angry Citizens (Shay’s Rebellion), Settlement of newly
acquired land (Public Land Act of 1796) Adams as Second President: XYZ Affair
(French ambassadors, XYZ affair, Federalist reaction to war, Convention of 1800
ended problems with France) Alien and Sedition Acts (Federalists vs DemocraticRepublicans, Alien Acts, Sedition Act, nullification by states, compact theory); The
Revolution of 1800: Election of TJ (mudslinging campaign, Electoral College tied
Hamilton convinces the House to reject Aaron Burr(VP candidate for Adams);
Louisiana Purchase: Negotiations with Napoleon (land from Spain, New Orleans
from Pinckney Treaty, rebellion in Haiti, war in Europe, Little Nap need $$$); Lewis
and Clark (St. Louis to Pacific, mapped out territory)
Focus AP Exam Questions:
(ID – 5) (PEO-5) (POL-1)(WOR-1)(WOR-5)(POL-4)(WXT – 2) (WXT-4)(POL-2)
(CUL-2)
(ENV - 3) Analyze the role of environmental factors in contributing to regional
economic and political identities in the 19th century, and how they affected conflicts
such as the American Revolution and the Civil War