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
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
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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.
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
Colonial attitude towards independence
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
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.
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
2nd Continental Congress
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
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Common sense
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
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
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
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.
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Philadelphia convention
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Weak national government
Annapolis convention
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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.
