The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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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
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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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.
French revolution
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
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.
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.
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
alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
civic virtue
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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
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.
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
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
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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
Democratic Republicans Weak national government
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 New Jersey plan The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
The division of powers between different levels of government.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
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
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.
Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
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The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Failures of the articles of confederation
Federalists Strong national government
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Election of 1797
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.
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
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
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.
sedition act
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov
French revolution 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.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
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
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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.
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.
British beliefs after 7 years war
First political parties Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
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
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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
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