British impressment
Strong national government
Checks and balances
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Battle of Bunker hill
British beliefs after 7 years war
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Federalism
Olive branch petition
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Stamp act congress
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.
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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.
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.
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
Whiskey rebellion
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
Proclamation of 1763
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
The Albany conference
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Philadelphia convention
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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 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
