Age of passion
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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
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
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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.
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
The Albany conference
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Virtual representation
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Declaratory act
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
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.
Hamilton's financial plan
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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.
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
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
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.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
The division of powers between different levels of government.
