APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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.

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

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

Stamp act congress

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

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

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

French revolution

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"

XYZ affair

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.

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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.

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.

2nd Continental Congress

Connecticut compromise

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

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

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

The division of powers between different levels of government.

Sugar act

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

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

7 years war

Stamp act

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

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.

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.

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

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

Philadelphia convention

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

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

Stamp act congress

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

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

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.

the Compromise of 1790

Democratic Republicans

Whiskey rebellion

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

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

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

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

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

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

Strong national government

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

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

Checks and balances

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

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

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.

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