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.
Virtual representation
Failures of the articles of confederation
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Lexington and Concorde
2nd Continental Congress
Annapolis convention
First political parties
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.
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
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.
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Fries rebellion
Age of passion
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
Checks and balances
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
French revolution
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Common sense
Battle of Bunker hill
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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
