APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Stamp act All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.

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

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

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

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

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

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.

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

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

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.

Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.

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.

Strong national government

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.

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

The New Jersey plan

The Albany conference

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

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.

British beliefs after 7 years war They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.

civic virtue the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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

Thomas Gage

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

Annapolis convention

Sugar act

British impressment The 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.

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

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

Declaration of Independence

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

George Washington's Presidency

Checks and balances Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.

alien laws

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

Federalists

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

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

Connecticut compromise Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.

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

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

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

The Albany conference

Lexington and Concorde British troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen

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.

British impressment The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate

First contested election in American history, won by John Adams (Washington's vice president)

pinckney's treaty

7 years war

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

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

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.

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.

Common sense

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Shay’s rebellion 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.

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

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