Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
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.
French revolution
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
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Jay treaty
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Lexington and Concorde
Articles of confederation
Thomas Gage
The new appointed governor of Massachusetts who began to strictly enforce parliaments laws
Stamp act
All paper products sold in the colonies had to be stamped and pay a small tax. It spurred on revolutionary ideals.
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
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.
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.
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 Virginia plan
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
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.
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
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.
Townshend Acts
Strong national government
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
alien laws
authorized the president to deport "aliens" and permitted their arrest imprisonment and deportation during war time
Common sense
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
The areas where both colonists and native people would trade and coexist
Virtual representation
Age of passion
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
