APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Sugar act

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

Strong national government

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

Common sense

Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.

Fries rebellion Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.

The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

The Virginia plan

Colonial attitude towards independence

Annapolis convention

Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

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

civic virtue

Stamp act

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

The New Jersey plan

XYZ affair French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.

British impressment The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

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

republican motherhood

Age of passion

In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time

Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

Philadelphia convention

Fries rebellion

The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

pinckney's treaty

The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions

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.

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

Federalists

France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

Jay treaty

authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time

Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

the Compromise of 1790 Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

republican motherhood

Stamp act congress

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

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

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

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.

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