the Compromise of 1790
Democratic Republicans
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
pinckney's treaty
2nd Continental Congress
Connecticut compromise
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
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
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.
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
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
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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.
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.
Federalists
Strong national government
Common sense
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
Colonial attitude towards independence
They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
drafted 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
The New Jersey plan
The middle ground
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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.
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
British impressment
First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
