Period 3: 1754 - 1800
Period 3 is worth 12% of the AP Exam. This period will be covered in approximately 8 class periods.
The College Board uses key concepts to denote the testable material for each period. The full, detailed version of these concepts are located here. Please take the time to know these concepts, as anything mentioned is fair game for the AP Exam.
Key Concept 3.1— British attempts to assert tighter control over its North American colonies and the colonial resolve to pursue self-government led to a colonial independence movement and the Revolutionary War.
Key Concept 3.2— The American Revolution’s democratic and republican ideals inspired new experiments with different forms of government.
Key Concept 3.3— Migration within North America and competition over resources, boundaries, and trade intensified conflicts among peoples and nations.
Period 3 Key Terms
Key terms that will be an invaluable study tool as we get closer to the AP exam in May. Each term should include the information provided on Quizlet.
Chapter 4
Sugar Act (1764)
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Nonimportation movement
First Continental Congress
Intolerable Acts
Patriots/Loyalists
Common Sense – Thomas Paine
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Chapter 5
Articles of Confederation
Old Northwest
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Shays’ Rebellion
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Federalists/Anti-Federalists
Republican motherhood
Constitutional Convention
Bill of Rights
Chapter 6
Electoral college
Republicans
Hamilton’s financial plan/Bank of the United States
Jay’s Treaty
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington’s Farewell Address
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Acts
States rights
Gabriel’s Rebellion
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions