APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Fries rebellion

Boston massacre

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

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

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

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.

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

British beliefs after 7 years war

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

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

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.

French revolution

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

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

Annapolis convention

France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions

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

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.

The Albany conference

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

Thomas Gage

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

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.

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

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

The Virginia plan

2nd Continental Congress

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

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

Battle of Bunker hill

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

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

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

Shay’s rebellion

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.

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

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 plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

Virtual representation

Federalists Strong national government

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

Connecticut compromise

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.

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

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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

Colonial attitude towards independence

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

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

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.

Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

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.

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.

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