Jay treaty
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Boston massacre
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
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.
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Annapolis convention
Townshend Acts
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
The division of powers between different levels of government.
sedition act
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
Strong national government
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Sugar act
Olive branch petition
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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
French 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 plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
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
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
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.
