APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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

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

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

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

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

Annapolis convention

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

Declaratory act

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Stamp act congress

Sugar act

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

George Washington's Presidency 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

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

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

Hamilton's financial plan

Federalists Strong national government

Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

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

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

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

Shay’s rebellion

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Election of 1797

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

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.

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

virginia and kentucky resolutions

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

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

Stamp act congress

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

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

The Albany conference

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

Failures of the articles of confederation

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

Shay’s rebellion

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.

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

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

Townshend Acts

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