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Albany Plan of Union

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Developed by Ben Franklin (1754)
Reps from 7 colonies met
Goals: make intercolonial gov. and negotiate with Iroquois
Result: Fail because colonies did not want to relinquish control of their right to tax themselves or unite under single colonial legislature, British mad at Indians

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Seven Years’ War

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1754-1763
A.K.A French and Indian War
Cause: Ohio Valley
Sides: French and Indians vs. British
Result: British won - taking over North America and most of Canada (France kept a couple sugar islands)
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William Pitt

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English Prime minister during Seven Years’ War
Supported colonies, encouraged them to join war effort, promised some autonomy
THEN change in minister, colonies = angry

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

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Indian chief Pontiac rallied tribes in Ohio Valley and attacked several colonial outposts
(in response, Paxton Boys)

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Paxton boys

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Frontiersmen in PA who killed men from the Pontiac Rebellion tribe

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Proclamation of 1763

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Forbid settlement west of Appalachians
Agitated colonial settlers
ALSO marks end of salutary neglect

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Reasons for new taxes after war

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Britain felt colonies should help pay off war debt

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George III and George Grenville

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King and Prime Minister in Britain after war

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Mercantilism

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Idea that colonies were only there to benefit the bigger country
Export raw materials

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Sugar Act
Navigation Acts
Currency Act
Stamp Act

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Acts that imposed taxes or regulations on trade

All created discontent within colonies

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James Otis

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wrote The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved - colonists’ argument against taxes

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Sons of Liberty

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Protest group

Stamp act repealed, but colonies not given right to representation

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Townshend Acts

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Taxed goods imported directly from England

Created more Vice-Admiralty courts

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Massachusetts Circular Letter

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By Samuel Adams
Protest new measures
British ordered letter to NOT be discussed, only made it worse

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Boston Massacre

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result of Quartering Act, soldiers were occupying and tensions high.
Soldiers fired on a crowd, killing 5
Started a propaganda campaign

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Boston Tea Party

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Result of Parliament composing new taxes for the colonies (this time on tea), and the colonists dumped the tea into the water

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Coercive Acts

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Result of Boston Tea Party
AKA - Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston harbor except for essential trade
Tightened English control

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First Continental Congress

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1774
Came up with a list of laws they wanted repealed and agreed to boycott British goods until they did so.
Also set up limits for when Parliament could interfere/
Major step towards independence.

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Battle at Concord

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Minutemen versus the British redcoats
Result: minutemen won, huge for colonists
“Shot heard round the world”

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Loyalists

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Gov. Officials, devout Anglicans, merchants dependent on trade with England, religious and ethnic minorities

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Patriots

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White protestant property owners and gentry

Urban artisans

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Second Continental Congress

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Established Continental Army, with Washington as General

Also had the *Olive Branch Petition written by John Dickinson

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Olive Branch Petition

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John Dickinson
Last attempt to avoid armed conflict
King George III rejected it

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Common Sense

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by Thomas Paine
Wanted colonial independence
Very popular, spoke in a language colonists could understand

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Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson
Enumerated grievances
Individual liberty

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Battle of Saratoga

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Turning point in American revolution
Victory for American troops
French gov. agreed formal alliance with Continental Congress

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Battle of Yorktown

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End to American Revolution

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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1783

Granted US independence and territorial rights.

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Articles of Confederation

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1777
Contained major limitations (didn’t want to act like British government)
Could not impose tariffs, printed more money instead (inflation)

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Shay’s Rebellion

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Shays faced foreclosure by banks, wanted to take over the courthouses. Revealed resentment among classes. (Similar to Bacon’s rebellion and Whiskey Rebellion)

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Abolished slavery in Northwest territories, set regulations for territories to become states

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Annapolis Convention

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Became the Constitutional Convention

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Constitution was a combination of… (Called the “Great Compromise”

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The New Jersey and Virginia Plan

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Anti-federalists

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Opposed the Constitution - Bill of Rights was made to appease them

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Federalist Papers

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Written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay

Swayed opinion in New York towards the Constitution

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Washington Presidency

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  • Whiskey Rebellion
  • Hamilton Fiscal Plan -National Bank, assume all war debts
  • French Revolution - Neutrality Proclomation
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Federalist v. Democratic-Republican

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Federalists - Strong federal government, commerce, wealthy northeast, loose construction, more sympathetic towards Great Britain
Democratic-Republican - State power, strict construction, farmers, agriculture, sympathetic towards France

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Farmers resisted excise tax on whiskey. Washington sent troops to stop rebellion.

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Jay’s Treaty

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Washington sent Jay to make a treaty with G. Britain, Washington set precedent for executive priveledge

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Washington Farewell Address

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  1. Neutrality

2. Stay away from political parties

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Republican Motherhood

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1790s

New important civil role to raise virtuous students.

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John Adams Presidency

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Federalist

  • XYZ Affair
  • Alien and Sedition Acts
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XYZ Affair

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Adams
Instead of going to war with France, sent diplomats
France demanded a huge bribe, angered Americans
War was avoided, but did have a Quasi Naval War to end issues

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Adams
Limited freedom of the press/expression/speech
Purely political

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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Written by Madison and Jefferson
Gave states right to judge constitutionality of federal laws
Declared Alien and Sedition Acts void