APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Jay treaty

Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.

In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

Annapolis convention

The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

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

French revolution

Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

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

British impressment

Boston massacre

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.

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

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

XYZ affair

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.

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

Hamilton's financial plan

Stamp act

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

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

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.

The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

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.

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

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

A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

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

Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

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 new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

French revolution 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.

pinckney's treaty

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

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

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.

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.

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

Stamp act congress

Common sense

Battle of Bunker hill

Declaratory 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

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

Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

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

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

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

Olive branch petition

Election of 1797

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