Philadelphia convention
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Boston massacre Parliament 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
Stamp act
XYZ affair 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.
Democratic Republicans Weak 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.
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.
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.
Whiskey rebellion
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.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
pinckney's treaty
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
alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
the Compromise of 1790
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
7 years war
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
The division of powers between different levels of government.
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.
Annapolis convention
Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Virtual representation
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.
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Boost!
Boost!
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
XYZ affair 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.
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Stamp act
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.
Annapolis convention
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.
alien laws
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
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
British impressment
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
virginia and kentucky resolutions
Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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.
civic virtue
Boston massacre Parliament 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
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
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
Stamp act congress
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.
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Frozen!
Frozen!
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
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.
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