Articles of confederation
Lexington and Concorde
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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.
The Virginia plan
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
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.
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
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.
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Stamp act
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
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Shay’s rebellion
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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 impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Whiskey rebellion
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
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
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.
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
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
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
