Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
British impressment
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.
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.
Checks and balances
First political parties
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Olive branch petition
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Fries rebellion
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.
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.
Proclamation of 1763
Federalists
The Albany conference
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
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
French revolution
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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
Election of 1797
Lexington and Concorde
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
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.
