APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Lexington and Concorde

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

Philadelphia convention

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

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

2nd Continental Congress

Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

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

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

A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

Age of passion Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions

Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.

alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time

Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

Democratic Republicans

Townshend Acts

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.

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

Fries rebellion

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Federalists Strong national government

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

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

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.

virginia and kentucky resolutions 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

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

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

The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions

Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

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

Whiskey rebellion

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

Common sense

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

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

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

Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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.

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.

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

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

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

Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

Federalists

Failures of the articles of confederation

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

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.

The Virginia plan

Jay treaty

alien laws

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.

French revolution 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.

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