virginia and kentucky resolutions
Articles of confederation
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
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Democratic Republicans
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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
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.
Age of passion
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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 Albany conference
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Battle of Bunker hill
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
republican motherhood
Declaration of Independence
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
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
First political parties
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
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 plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
