APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Proclamation of 1763

The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist

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.

Declaration of Independence

All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

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.

Articles of confederation

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.

George Washington's Presidency Established many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms

The division of powers between different levels of government.

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

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

Shay’s rebellion

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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.

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.

Federalists

XYZ affair

Thomas Gage

Failures of the articles of confederation

Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

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.

Olive branch petition

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.

Hamilton's financial plan

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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.

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

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.

Proclamation of 1763

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.

The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

the Compromise of 1790

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

Failures of the articles of confederation France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

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.

authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

Declaration of Independence

Federalists

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

Age of passion

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.

Whiskey rebellion

Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

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.

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

Olive branch petition

Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

Election of 1797

George Washington's Presidency

Democratic Republicans

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

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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