Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
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.
2nd Continental Congress
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
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
Connecticut compromise
George Washington's Presidency
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
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 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
The division of powers between different levels of government.
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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.
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 Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Stamp act
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Declaration of Independence
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
British impressment
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
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
Olive branch petition
Colonial attitude towards independence
Proclamation of 1763
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
