APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

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

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

Fries rebellion

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

Federalists Strong national government

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.

The New Jersey plan

First political parties

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.

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

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.

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Battle of Bunker hill

republican motherhood

Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix 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.

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

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

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.

the Compromise of 1790

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.

Olive branch petition

The Virginia plan

7 years war

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

Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.

All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

Annapolis convention

XYZ affair

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

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.

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

Federalists Strong national government

Philadelphia convention

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.

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.

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.

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

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

2nd Continental Congress

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.

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

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

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 Compromise of 1790

Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

civic virtue

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

Declaratory act

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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