Federalists Strong national government
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They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
alien laws authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
British impressment
The New Jersey plan
Connecticut compromise
Olive branch petition
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.
The Virginia plan The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
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.
Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
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
Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
virginia and kentucky resolutions
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Lexington and Concorde
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.
Colonial attitude towards independence
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.
Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Election of 1797 First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Declaration of Independence
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Age of passion
The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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XYZ affair
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
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
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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.
The Virginia plan The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Federalism
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.
Annapolis convention
civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov
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
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
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
sedition act
Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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.
Colonial attitude towards independence
Stamp act
Sugar act
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.
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.
Federalists Strong national government
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Thomas Gage The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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