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
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Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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
Jay treatyBritain 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.
Virtual representation
British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Proclamation of 1763
Battle of Bunker hill
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.
FederalistsStrong national government
the Compromise of 1790
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.
Democratic Republicans
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Checks and balancesDifferent branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Election of 1797First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)
Federalism
virginia and kentucky resolutions
George Washington's Presidency
republican motherhoodthe idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
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
Thomas GageThe new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
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.
Declaratory act
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
The Albany conferenceMeeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Stamp act
British beliefs after 7 years war
pinckney's treaty
Boost!
Boost!
Hamilton's financial plan
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Age of passionPolitics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Election of 1797
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.
British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
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Frozen!
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
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
First political partiesDivisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
republican motherhood
Annapolis conventionSecret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
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.
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Federalism
Proclamation of 1763
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.
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
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.
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
British beliefs after 7 years warThey viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
2nd Continental Congress
Stamp act congressDelegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
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
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Common senseAttacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
The Virginia plan
Declaratory act
The middle groundThe areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist