APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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

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

the Compromise of 1790

Olive branch petition

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.

Stamp act

Federalists Strong national government

Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

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

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

Stamp act congress Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

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.

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

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

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

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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.

Age of passion

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

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

Proclamation of 1763

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

Philadelphia convention

British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

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

Declaratory act

Democratic Republicans

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

The middle ground

Checks and balances

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.

Battle of Bunker hill

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.

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

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

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

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

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

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

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

Federalism

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

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.

In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

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

Strong national government

Proclamation of 1763

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.

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