The New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
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
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
George Washington's Presidency
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.
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.
Philadelphia convention
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
Connecticut compromise
Virtual representation
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Sugar act
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
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
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.
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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.
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.
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
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.
Failures of the articles of confederation
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Stamp act congress
Annapolis convention
Boston massacre
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
British impressment
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
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
Strong national government
