APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

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

British beliefs after 7 years 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.

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

Olive branch petition

sedition act

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

George Washington's Presidency

XYZ affair

2nd Continental Congress

Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

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

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.

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

civic virtue

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

Strong 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

Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

Lexington and Concorde

Shay’s rebellion 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.

virginia and kentucky resolutions

Declaration of Independence

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

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

Boston massacre

George Washington's Presidency

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

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

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

Philadelphia convention 12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution

The Albany conference

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

British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

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

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.

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

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

2nd Continental Congress

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

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.

Election of 1797

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.

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

pinckney's treaty

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

Common sense

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

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

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

British impressment

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

Shay’s rebellion 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.

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