Annapolis convention
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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.
Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Hamilton's financial plan
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Olive branch petition
civic virtue
First political parties
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
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.
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The Virginia plan
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
sedition act
Democratic Republicans Weak national government
Failures of the articles of confederation
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.
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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.
Proclamation of 1763
The Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
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.
pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Boston massacre
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.
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
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
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All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Hamilton's financial plan
Colonial attitude towards independence They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Whiskey rebellion
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.
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.
Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Battle of Bunker hill British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
The middle ground The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Philadelphia convention 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.
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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
First political parties
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.
Age of passion Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
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.
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
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.
pinckney's treaty
Sugar act Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
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.
2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency
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
Common sense
alien laws
Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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