Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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.
Virtual representation
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
the Compromise of 1790
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
Weak national government
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
The Albany conference
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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.
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.
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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
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
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
French revolution
Declaratory act
Olive branch petition
virginia and kentucky resolutions
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
