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.
Connecticut compromise
Stamp act congress
The middle ground
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
First political parties
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Failures of the articles of confederation
XYZ affair
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
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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.
7 years war
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
Weak national government
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Common sense
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Declaration of Independence
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.
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
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
civic virtue
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.
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
