APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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

Stamp act congress

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

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.

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.

Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

French revolution

Townshend Acts

British beliefs after 7 years war

12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

Strong national government

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

sedition act

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.

XYZ affair

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

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

Battle of Bunker hill

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.

Colonial attitude towards independence

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

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

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

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

Shay’s rebellion

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

In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses

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

12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

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

Federalism

George Washington's Presidency

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

Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

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

Stamp act congress

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.

Fries rebellion

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.

Election of 1797

They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

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.

Lexington and Concorde

Whiskey rebellion

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

Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.

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.

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

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

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