APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military

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

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

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Election of 1797

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

Proclamation of 1763

Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain

Battle of Bunker hill

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.

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

Sugar act

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.

British beliefs after 7 years war

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.

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

alien laws

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

Colonial attitude towards independence

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

The middle ground

The New Jersey plan

Strong national government

Whiskey rebellion

Lexington and Concorde

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

Thomas Gage

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

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.

2nd Continental Congress

Townshend Acts

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Strong national government

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

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

Declaratory act

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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

Failures of the articles of confederation

Articles of confederation Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military

Connecticut compromise

XYZ affair

Proclamation of 1763

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.

7 years war

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

Hamilton's financial plan

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

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