APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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.

Hamilton's financial plan 1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

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

Colonial attitude towards independence

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

Shay’s rebellion

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

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

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

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

The Albany conference

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

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.

First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

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.

Stamp act

George Washington's Presidency

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

Articles of confederation

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

alien laws

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of 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

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Federalists Strong national government

Lexington and Concorde

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.

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.

Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

First political parties

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

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.

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

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.

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Federalists Strong national government

Articles of confederation

Olive branch petition

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.

Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

Whiskey rebellion

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

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

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

1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

British impressment

The Albany conference

Democratic Republicans

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

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

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

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

Boston massacre Parliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters

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.

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