The Virginia plan
George Washington's Presidency
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
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.
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
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
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
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.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Olive branch petition
7 years war
Virtual representation
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.
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
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
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Philadelphia convention
7 years war
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
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.
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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.
