the character of a good participant in a system of gov
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Sugar act
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
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
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
The Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
First political parties
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.
Philadelphia convention
Failures of the articles of confederation
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
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
The Albany conference
Declaration of Independence
Federalists
Strong national government
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
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.
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
the Compromise of 1790
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
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
George Washington's Presidency
Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
