Fries rebellion
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
Thomas Gage
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Hamilton's financial plan
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
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
The New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Sugar act
Whiskey rebellion
violent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Olive branch petition
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
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.
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.
Federalists
Strong national government
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
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
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
7 years war
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Philadelphia convention
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.
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
republican motherhood
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
