APUSH Unit 3 Review duel

virginia and kentucky resolutions

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

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

Declaratory act Parliament repealed the stamp act, but enacted the declaratory act, saying they could pass any law they wanted.

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.

Federalists Strong national government

The division of powers between different levels of government.

Hamilton's financial plan

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

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

Boston massacre

Sugar act

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

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

Checks and balances

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

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.

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

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

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

sedition act

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

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

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.

Election of 1797

Democratic Republicans Weak national government

Virtual representation

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.

Colonial attitude towards independence

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

the Compromise of 1790

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.

Checks and balances

alien laws

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

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

Democratic Republicans

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

French revolution

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

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

the character of a good participant in a system of gov

Connecticut compromise

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

The division of powers between different levels of government.

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.

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

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

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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