APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

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.

First political parties

The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist

the Compromise of 1790

Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Articles of confederation

Strong national government

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

Stamp act congress

pinckney's treaty between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river

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.

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

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.

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.

In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.

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

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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

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

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

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

Common sense

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.

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

British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston

The Virginia plan

civic virtue

Olive branch petition Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.

Failures of the articles of confederation

Whiskey rebellion

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

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

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.

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

Weak national government

Lexington and Concorde

The Virginia plan

Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country

Virtual representation The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.

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.

A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.

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.

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

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

7 years war

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

Proclamation of 1763 Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains

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.

Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston

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.

Federalism

Common sense

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

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

The New Jersey plan

Stamp act congress

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

End this game?