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 Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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.
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
7 years war
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.
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
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
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Federalists
Strong national government
Proclamation of 1763
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
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Townshend Acts
pinckney's treaty
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Declaration of Independence
republican motherhood
Articles of confederation
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
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
The middle ground
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Olive branch petition
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Virtual representation
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
