APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

virginia and kentucky resolutions

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

Sugar act

Stamp act congress

Age of passion

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.

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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

2nd Continental Congress

7 years war

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

Colonial attitude towards independence

Checks and balances

Democratic Republicans

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

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.

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.

republican motherhood the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

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

Lexington and Concorde

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.

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

sedition act

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

alien laws

Thomas Gage

republican motherhood

Colonial attitude towards independence

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.

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

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

Federalists

civic virtue

Proclamation of 1763

The Virginia plan

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

7 years war

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

The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

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.

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

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

2nd Continental Congress How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army How would they pay for it? New currency

George Washington's Presidency

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

the Compromise of 1790 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 Albany conference Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"

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.

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

Common sense

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

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