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.
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Hamilton's financial plan
7 years war
Colonial attitude towards independence
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
Jay treaty
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.
Federalists
Strong national government
Annapolis convention
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
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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 Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
First political parties
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
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Virtual representation
Articles of confederation
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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
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.
Sugar act
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
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.
