Annapolis convention
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.
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Hamilton's financial plan
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Olive branch petition
civic virtue
First political parties
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.
7 years war
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
The Virginia plan
Virtual representation
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
sedition act
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Failures of the articles of confederation
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.
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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.
Proclamation of 1763
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.
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Boston massacre
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.
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
