APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

French revolution

The division of powers between different levels of government.

Virtual representation

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

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.

Common sense Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.

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

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

The middle ground

Strong national government

Sugar act

Stamp act congress

Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws

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

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

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

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

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

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.

Declaration of Independence

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

George Washington's Presidency

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

The Virginia plan

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.

Olive branch petition

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

republican motherhood

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.

Annapolis convention

Strong national government

sedition act

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

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

Stamp act congress

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

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

XYZ affair 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.

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

2nd Continental Congress

Hamilton's financial plan 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

The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist

They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

Articles of confederation

Lexington and Concorde

Whiskey rebellion

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

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

Boston massacre

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

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

Declaration of Independence

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

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