APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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

7 years war

Stamp act

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

The Albany conference

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

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.

Thomas Gage

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Battle of Bunker hill

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.

Olive branch petition

Articles of confederation

alien laws

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

Failures of the articles of confederation

British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

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

Federalists

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

Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

Sugar act

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

sedition act

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

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

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

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

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.

Annapolis convention

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Democratic Republicans

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

Federalists 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.

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.

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

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

Stamp act

Colonial attitude towards independence

British impressment

XYZ affair

French revolution

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

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