APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

virginia and kentucky resolutions

Articles of confederation

Thomas Gage

Common sense

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

Proclamation of 1763

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

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

Stamp act congress

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

Democratic Republicans

Federalists Strong national government

Federalism

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

They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

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.

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

Boston massacre

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

XYZ affair

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

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.

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

sedition act

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Age of passion

Thomas Gage

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.

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.

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

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

republican motherhood

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

7 years war

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

Proclamation of 1763

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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