French revolution
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
XYZ affair
Common sense
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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.
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
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Weak national government
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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.
The New Jersey plan
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
7 years war
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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.
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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
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.
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
Election of 1797
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.
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.
Federalists
Strong national government
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
