The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Thomas Gage
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
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
French revolution
Lexington and Concorde
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Age of passion
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
7 years war
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
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.
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
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
George Washington's Presidency
Shay’s rebellion
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.
Olive branch petition
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.
French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
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
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
