APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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

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

French revolution

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

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Colonial attitude towards independence

Proclamation of 1763

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

Strong national government

First political parties

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

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.

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

Democratic Republicans

Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.

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

Olive branch petition

British impressment

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.

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

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

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

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.

Lexington and Concorde

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

XYZ affair

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

George Washington's Presidency

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

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

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

alien laws

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.

Declaration of Independence 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

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

They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

Shay’s rebellion

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

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

the Compromise of 1790

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.

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

Democratic Republicans

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The middle ground

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

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

Boston massacre

End this game?