Federalists
Strong national government
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
British impressment
The New Jersey plan
Connecticut compromise
Olive branch petition
Shay’s rebellion
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.
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.
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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.
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
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
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
virginia and kentucky resolutions
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Lexington and Concorde
French revolution
Ambassador from France came to America to encourage Americans to side with the French. Washington declared neutrality, but the ambassador remained in America to not get beheaded back home.
Colonial attitude towards independence
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.
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Declaration of Independence
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Age of passion
