APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

civic virtue

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.

British beliefs after 7 years war

First political parties

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

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

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

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

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

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.

French revolution

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

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

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.

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

Boston massacre

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.

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.

Annapolis convention

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

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

Federalism

Checks and balances

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

Townshend Acts

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.

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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

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

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

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

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

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

Virtual representation

All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

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

Annapolis convention 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

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.

Sugar 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

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

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

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 Compromise of 1790

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

Federalists

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.

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.

Connecticut compromise

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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