APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Hamilton's financial plan

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

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

7 years war

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

Federalists Strong national government

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.

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

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

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

Fries rebellion

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

Failures of the articles of confederation

7 years war

The Albany conference

Proclamation of 1763

Virtual representation

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

pinckney's treaty

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.

sedition act

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

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.

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

virginia and kentucky resolutions

Articles of confederation

Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

Jay treaty

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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.

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

How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Jay treaty 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.

virginia and kentucky resolutions

Federalism

Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

Townshend Acts In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

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

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

Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

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

Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

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

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

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

Sugar act

Lexington and Concorde

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