APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

Federalists Strong national government

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

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

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

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

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 middle ground

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

Federalism The division of powers between different levels of government.

Annapolis convention

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

Philadelphia convention

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

Articles of confederation

Connecticut compromise

Fries rebellion

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.

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.

Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

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

The New Jersey plan

Declaration of Independence

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

Jay treaty

pinckney's treaty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Shay’s rebellion

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

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

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

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.

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.

France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.

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

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

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

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.

Stamp act congress Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.

Connecticut compromise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

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

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

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