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.
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
alien laws
Age of passion
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
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 congress
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Lexington and Concorde
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
British beliefs after 7 years war
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Olive branch petition
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Thomas Gage
pinckney's treaty
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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.
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
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.
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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
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
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
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.
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Weak national government
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
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
