FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
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Stamp act congress
Virtual representationThe 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.
The New Jersey plan
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
British impressment
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Checks and balances
Lexington and Concorde
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
Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Battle of Bunker hill
Strong national government
First political parties
Colonial attitude towards independenceThey didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Philadelphia convention12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Shay’s rebellionFarmers 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.
Proclamation of 1763Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
The middle groundThe areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
the Compromise of 1790Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
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
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Fries rebellionFarmers 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.
Sugar act
Democratic Republicans
Whiskey rebellion
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.
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
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Election of 1797
sedition actapplied 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
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Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Federalists
Hamilton's financial plan1) 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
civic virtue
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
French revolutionAmbassador 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.
Connecticut compromise
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XYZ affairFrench 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.
Articles of confederation
Shay’s rebellionFarmers 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.
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Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
British impressment
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
7 years war
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Failures of the articles of confederation
The Albany conferenceMeeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
The Virginia planThe plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
2nd Continental Congress
Colonial attitude towards independence
alien laws
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Jay treatyBritain 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 Compromise of 1790
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.