APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Checks and balances

Articles of confederation Looked 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

They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

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

XYZ affair

7 years war

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

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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

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

virginia and kentucky resolutions 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

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

sedition act

Declaratory act

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

Democratic Republicans

Sugar act

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

7 years war

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

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

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

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

George Washington's Presidency

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

Thomas Gage

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

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

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.

Connecticut compromise

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

British beliefs after 7 years war

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

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.

Declaratory act

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.

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

They didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens

Stamp act

pinckney's treaty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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