period 3

French and Indian war(seven years war)

1754-1763 French/indian allies and British British moved in on Ohio River valley (owned by French)

Albany congress

Organized response to land disputes trade and expansion

Proclamation of 1763

Forbade colonists from moving west toward Ohio River valley

Townsend act

Taxes on paper tea and glass

Coercive act (intolerable act)

1774, close Boston harbor until tea was paid back

Boston massacre

Protestors harrass British military until one fires a gun causing other to fire and kill colonists angering them more

Boston tea party

They threw tea into harbor to protest tea tax

Continental congress

1774, colonist debate British tyranny and independence don’t want revolution

Locke

Enlightenment, govern is in hands of ppl, natural rights, elected officials

Rousseau

Social contract

Montesquieu

Republican govt, executive judicial and legislative branches, checks and balances

Second constitutional congress

Introduced Declaration of Independence

Loyalists

Opposed independence from Britain

Battle of Saratoga

Revolution, Americans won and French join ally

Battle of Yorktown

1781, Americans win and force British surrender gaining independence

Paris peace treaty

1783, end of rev American independence

After revolution

Abolition women suffrage and temperance

Articles of confederation

1781, first constitution , fail bc of no power to gov to be able to enforce laws or tax

Northwest ordinance

Abolished slavery in northwest territory

Shay’s rebellion

Poor farmers after war gov couldn’t pay them bc they can’t tax they revolt and gov can’t stop them either army shows weakness of aoc

Constitutional convention

discuss new constitution debate of amending aoc or starting new

Federalist

Starts new constitution storm central govt

Anti federalist

Fix aoc strong state govt less federal powers

Virginia plan

Strong central government 2 houses in congress representative based on population

New Jersey plan

Equal representatives

Great compromise

2 houses House of Representatives- state by population senate- equal

3/5 compromise

3/5 of slave population in south counts towards representation

Federalism

Sharing power between federal and state govts

Supremacy clause

National law trumps state law

Enumerate powers

Only Certain laws trump state laws

Hamilton financial plan

1.national bank

2.govt assumes state debts

Elastic clause

Gives congress power to do something not specifically stated in constitution to maintain order

Whiskey rebellion

Rebellion against tax on whiskey shut down by govt showing constitution was more powerful than aoc

Washington’s farewell address

warned about political parties and suggested isolationism

Alien and sedition acts

Gov can deport any non citizens and forbid people from publishing anything that opposed the govt

Election of 1800

First peaceful transfer of power from federalist to anti jefferson

Washington

First president key military commander know for leadership

Thomas Paine

Wrote common sense, huge character in revolution