Townshend ActsIn opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
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civic virtuethe character of a good participant in a system of gov
Declaratory actParliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Stamp act congress
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Whiskey rebellionviolent 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
French revolution
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
The Albany conferenceMeeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
XYZ affair
Fries rebellionFarmers 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.
Democratic RepublicansWeak national government
Failures of the articles of confederationFrance and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
British beliefs after 7 years warThey viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
2nd Continental Congress
Connecticut compromise
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British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
The New Jersey planThe plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
sedition act
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The division of powers between different levels of government.
Sugar act
republican motherhoodthe idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
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7 years war
Stamp act
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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French revolutionAmbassador 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.
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Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Proclamation of 1763
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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Philadelphia convention
Boston massacreParliament sent 1,000 troops to boston to enforce the townshend acts. Protesters began throwing snowballs, and eventually rocks at a group of soldiers. Someone fired a shot, and the soldiers killed 5 protesters
Colonial attitude towards independenceThey didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Stamp act congress
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
XYZ affairFrench and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
the Compromise of 1790
Democratic Republicans
Whiskey rebellion
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
The middle groundThe areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Articles of confederationLooked 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 plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
virginia and kentucky resolutionsdrafted 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
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British beliefs after 7 years war
Strong national government
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
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Checks and balances
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Failures of the articles of confederationFrance and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.