Declaration of Independence
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.
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.
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
the Compromise of 1790
Annapolis convention
Sugar act
Lexington and Concorde
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Election of 1797
French revolution
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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.
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.
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Common sense
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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
Fries rebellion
Boston massacre
Hamilton's financial plan
Federalists
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
