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Declaration of Independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
The New Jersey plan
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.
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.
Declaratory act
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
pinckney's treaty
Whiskey rebellion
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.
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.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Virtual representation
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Failures of the articles of confederation
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
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
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
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.
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.
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
