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French and Indian War
French encroachment on English colonies in the Ohio River Valley
Continental Congress
Ben Franklin proposes a more centralized government with the Albany Plan of Union
Peace of Paris
Ends the Revolutionary War
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Forbade colonists from westward expansion; largely ignored
Salutary neglect
Parliament largely ignores the colonies and creates a sense of independence
Navigation acts
Limits colonial trade to only Britain
Quartering acts
Colonists required to house and feed soldiers
Sugar act
Increased taxes on luxury items like coffee and wine
Stamp act
All paper items are taxed
Sons and daughters of liberty
Radical groups that opposed British taxation
Stamp Act Congress
Protests against no taxation without representation ending in repeals
Declaratory acts
Parliament maintains the ability to pass whatever taxes deemed necessary
Townsend acts
All imports are taxed
Boston Tea Party
Results in the coercive or intolerable acts
Continental Congress
Appoints GW to general and approves a national army
Enlightenment
Influences the separation of powers and social contract by introducing natural rights
Loyalists
Opposed the idea of American independence
Battle of Saratoga
American win that convinced the French to provide aid
Battle of Yorktown
Forced British surrender and inspired French and Haitian revolutions
Articles of Confederation
Limited federal power to only legislation; limited ability to enforce taxes
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Allowed territories to apply for statehood and abolished slavery in the Northwest territory
Shay’s Rebellion
Highlighted the weakness of the articles — petitions to relieve taxes — government couldn’t raise an army to stop the farmers
Constitutional Convention
Federalists fought for a stronger central government, anti feds pushed for more state power
Virginia plan
State representation by population
New Jersey Plan
States are all represented equally
Great Compromise
Split legislation into two houses — house of reps (population) and senate (2 per state)
3/5s Compromise
Limited southern voting power by accounting slaves for 3/5s of a vote
Federalist Papers
Essays that sought to persuade the public to support a centralized government — forced to implement a bill of rights first
Republican Motherhood
Mothers are most influential by raising good sons
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of Treasury, consolidated state debts into federal debts, created the national bank
Elastic clause
Allowed for the creation of a national bank by claiming it was “necessary and proper”
Whiskey Rebellion
Poor farmers assaulted tax collectors and George Washington crushed them with the new ability to raise an army
Alien and Sedition Acts
Ability to deport non-citizens targeting the Irish and Scottish, illegal to criticize the government
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Laws can be nullified if they are considered to be “federal overreach”
Indian trade and intercourse act
Caused by western migration, regulated relations, ignored
Pinkney Treaty
Finalized a border between Spain and America
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