APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

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

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

Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

7 years war

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

Battle of Bunker hill

pinckney's treaty

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.

Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Federalism

Colonial attitude towards independence

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

The middle ground

Thomas Gage

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.

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

Lexington and Concorde

Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

Strong national government

Checks and balances

7 years war

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

Jay treaty

George Washington's Presidency

Failures of the articles of confederation

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

Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.

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

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.

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.

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

Declaratory act

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

7 years war

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

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

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

The middle ground

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

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

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

Philadelphia convention

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

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

between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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

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

Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

Stamp act

Jay treaty

Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.

Weak national government

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

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.

Annapolis convention Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation

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

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