APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Virtual representation

Declaratory act

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

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

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

Age of passion

Articles of confederation 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

Battle of Bunker hill

Fries rebellion

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

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

Boston massacre

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

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

sedition act

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

Declaration of Independence

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.

The middle ground

republican motherhood

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.

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.

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.

Strong national government

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

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

Checks and balances

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

First political parties

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

republican motherhood

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.

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

Democratic Republicans Weak 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

Jay treaty

Connecticut compromise

Declaration of Independence 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

Battle of Bunker hill

Articles of confederation

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

British impressment

Boston massacre

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

Virtual representation

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

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

Checks and balances

Sugar act

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.

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.

Declaratory act

Common sense

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

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

XYZ affair

Federalism

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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