Fries rebellion
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.
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
Battle of Bunker hill
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.
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.
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Weak national government
pinckney's treaty
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Virtual representation
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Common sense
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Articles of confederation
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
The middle ground
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.
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
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
sedition act
Olive branch petition
Sugar act
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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.
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.
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
