Thomas GageThe new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
The Virginia plan
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Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Lexington and Concorde
Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
George Washington's PresidencyEstablished many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Townshend ActsIn opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Declaration of Independence
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
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
Democratic RepublicansWeak national government
Virtual representation
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Election of 1797
the Compromise of 1790Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
FederalistsStrong national government
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Proclamation of 1763
Philadelphia convention
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
sedition actapplied 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
Colonial attitude towards independence
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Lexington and Concorde
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Boost!
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Townshend ActsIn opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
7 years warA dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Virtual representation
Whiskey rebellionviolent 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
Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Hamilton's financial plan
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
republican motherhood
Democratic RepublicansWeak national government
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Battle of Bunker hill
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
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
sedition actapplied 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
Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
virginia and kentucky resolutions
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Jay treatyBritain 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.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Shay’s rebellionFarmers 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.
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Declaratory act
Thomas GageThe new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws