Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
The Virginia planThe plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Townshend ActsIn opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Battle of Bunker hill
sedition act
Philadelphia convention12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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.
republican motherhoodthe idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Connecticut compromise
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
civic virtuethe character of a good participant in a system of gov
Boston massacre
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
virginia and kentucky resolutionsdrafted 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
Proclamation of 1763Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
George Washington's Presidency
Election of 1797First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
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Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
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.
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Democratic RepublicansWeak national government
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Shay’s rebellion
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.
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Connecticut compromiseCongress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Checks and balances
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Age of passion
Boston massacre
Townshend Acts
Declaratory act
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
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.
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
Thomas GageThe new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
French revolution
The New Jersey plan
pinckney's treaty
Olive branch petition
Weak national government
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.
British impressment
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
Virtual representation
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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.
The Virginia planThe plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Colonial attitude towards independence
Stamp act congress
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.