In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Whiskey rebellion
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
Common sense
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.
Failures of the articles of confederation
Democratic Republicans
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.
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.
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Declaration of Independence
Philadelphia convention
the Compromise of 1790
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
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Jay treaty
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
George Washington's Presidency
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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
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
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Election of 1797
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 New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
