Sugar act
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Lexington and Concorde
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
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.
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
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.
2nd Continental Congress
pinckney's treaty
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Virtual representation
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
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
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
Fries rebellion
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
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.
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.
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 New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
