Weak 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 won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned 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.
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.
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
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
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
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
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.
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Articles of confederation
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Sugar act
Lexington and Concorde
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
civic virtue
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
French revolution
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
Election of 1797
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
pinckney's treaty
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
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.
