APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Sugar act

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

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

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

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

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

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

The middle ground

Lexington and Concorde 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

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

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

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.

7 years war

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

XYZ affair

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

Federalists Strong national government

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.

Jay treaty

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

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

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

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.

Battle of Bunker hill

Proclamation of 1763

Stamp act

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

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

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

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

Federalists Strong national government

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

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

Age of passion

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.

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

Olive branch petition

sedition act 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

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

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

Townshend Acts

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

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

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

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

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

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.

alien laws

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

Shay’s rebellion

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

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

British beliefs after 7 years war

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

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

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

pinckney's treaty

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