APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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

Common sense

XYZ affair

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.

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

Battle of Bunker hill

Federalists Strong national government

Proclamation of 1763

Virtual representation

Jay treaty

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.

Townshend Acts

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

The Virginia plan

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

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

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

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

British impressment

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

Sugar act

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 New Jersey plan

Articles of confederation Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

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.

Checks and balances

Philadelphia convention

Colonial attitude towards independence

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

First political parties

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.

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

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

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.

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

Sugar act

Boston massacre

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

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.

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

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

Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military

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

Federalists

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

Common sense

XYZ affair 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.

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

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

Age of passion

civic virtue

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