They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
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Declaratory act
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
XYZ affair
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Articles of confederation
Democratic Republicans Weak national government
Stamp act congress
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
republican motherhood
Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
sedition act applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
The Virginia plan
Whiskey rebellion
Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
British impressment The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
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British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
civic virtue
Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Britain agreed to abandon outposts on the western frontier. In return the U.S. would favor trade with Britian. However, the treaty failed to address the british kidnapping, and American hatred of Britian caused riots.
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
virginia and kentucky resolutions drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
XYZ affair
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Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
British impressment The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Stamp act
republican motherhood
virginia and kentucky resolutions drafted by thomas jefferson and james madison, claimed that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional and overstepped federal authority under the constitition, and could therefore be nullified by the states
The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Articles of confederation Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
alien laws
Checks and balances
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Proclamation of 1763
George Washington's Presidency
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
sedition act applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Frozen!
Frozen!
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Declaration of Independence
7 years war A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Shay’s rebellion Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
2nd Continental Congress
Battle of Bunker hill
Boston massacre Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
7 years war A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Whiskey rebellion
Federalists
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