Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
British beliefs after 7 years war
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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.
Stamp act congress
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
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
Failures of the articles of confederation
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.
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
Hamilton's financial plan
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Philadelphia convention
Sugar act
Federalists
Strong national government
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
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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.
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
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
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
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
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
