Fries rebellionFarmers 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.
pinckney's treatybetween US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Battle of Bunker hillBritish won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
republican motherhood
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Weak national government
First political partiesDivisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Boston massacre
The Virginia plan
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Federalism
Hamilton's financial plan1) 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
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.
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FederalistsStrong national government
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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
Virtual representation
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
Philadelphia convention12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
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civic virtuethe character of a good participant in a system of gov
The middle groundThe areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Election of 1797
Federalism
Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
virginia and kentucky resolutionsdrafted 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
Failures of the articles of confederationFrance and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
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.
Shay’s rebellionFarmers 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.
Hamilton's financial plan1) 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
Philadelphia convention12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
First political parties
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Battle of Bunker hillBritish won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Boston massacreParliament 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
Federalists
Connecticut compromiseCongress 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
the Compromise of 1790Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Articles of confederationLooked 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
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Declaratory act
George Washington's PresidencyEstablished 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