The Virginia planThe plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Whiskey rebellion
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.
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
7 years war
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
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
pinckney's treaty
sedition actapplied 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
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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.
virginia and kentucky resolutions
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Philadelphia convention
Democratic Republicans
FederalismThe division of powers between different levels of government.
Proclamation of 1763
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.
Sugar actReduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Shay’s rebellionFarmers 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.
British beliefs after 7 years war
First political partiesDivisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
2nd Continental CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Hamilton's financial plan
Virtual representation
Olive branch petitionCongress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
alien lawsauthorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
British impressment
Fries rebellion
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Frozen!
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Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Philadelphia convention12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Virtual representation
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.
FederalistsStrong national government
Reduced the tax on molasses, but strengthened the court system to end smuggling, making many wealthy smugglers angry.
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
Shay’s rebellion
British impressmentThe British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
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7 years war
French revolutionAmbassador 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 independenceThey didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
republican motherhood
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"
First political parties
pinckney's treaty
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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
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 CongressHow would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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
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.
The New Jersey plan
sedition act
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
Stamp actAll paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.