APUSH Unit 3

Republican Motherhood

women were responsible for the early education of their sons, who would someday become voting citizens

Shay’s Rebellion

farmers protested the high taxes

significance: exposed weaknesses of the articles of confederation, government system wasnt working, and there was no national army to suppress the uprising

alien & sedition acts

naturalization act, alien act, alien enemies act, sedition act

naturalization act

increased the time required to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years

alien act

gave the president the power to imprison or deport any foreigner

alien enemies act

allowed the US government to arrest & deport all aliens who were citizens of foreign nations @ war with the US

sedition act

made it a crime to speak or write critically about the president, members of congress, the federal government, or federal laws

salutary neglect

policies were rarely enforced in the colonies as long as they stayed loyal to Britain

causes of the french and indian war

competition over the fur trade, conflicting land claims, the existing wars

IMMEDIATE cause of the french & indian war

british commander encounters french fort duquesne in pittsburgh and orders for attack

impacts of the french and indian war

britain emerges as the most powerful nation, tensions spiked with native americans as colonists encroached on their land, britain had acquired a massive amount of debt, taxes in britain skyrocketed and caused massive protests

terms & impact of proclamation of 1763

forbid settlers to establish themselves west of the appalachian mountains

impact: leading cause of the revolutionary war because colonists feel betrayed, land speculators who had invested in western land now feared they were worthless, and the british had stationed thousands of soldiers in america to enforce the proclamation

french colonization

french wanted trapping and trade routes in the ohio valley, they set up forts to halt the expansion of the british so they would have more for themselves

weaknesses of articles of confederation

congress had no power to collect taxes, regulate foreign trade, enforce laws, approval of 9 of 13 states was needed to pass laws, 13 states needed to approve amendments to the AOC, the government had no executive branch, there was no national court system

federalist paper 10

factions shouldnt exist

federalist paper 51

checks & balances should be made

significance of whiskey rebellion

this was the first test of the new government’s power, washington’s response showed the government would act in times of crisis, the new government worked

jay’s treaty

(john jay was sent to negotiate british impressment) impact: essentially cancelled american-french alliance, sharpened political divides

foreign policy with britain & france

britain and france went to war, since america was neutral- britain thought it should impress on american ships for soldiers (basically cheating)

federalists

federalists: alexander hamilton & john adams, appealed to merchants, manufacturers, wealthy, educated, favored seaboard cities, favored protective tariffs, favored national bank system, strong centralized government, loose interpretation of constitution

democratic-republicans

thomas jefferson & james madison, appealed to farmers, planters, and the “common man”, favored south & west, against protective tariffs, against national bank (too much government control), favored states’ rights, strict interpretation of constitution

treaty of greenville 1795

defeated chiefs surrendered claims to Ohio Valley land, opening it up for settlement

impact of cotton gin

even though it was made to hopefully reduce slavery, it actually increased it and began the start of inside slave-trade

treaty of paris 1783

basically ended the revolutionary war, britain recognized the US as an independent nation, boundaries extend from atlantic to mississippi, to the great lakes north and south to florida, florida given back to spain, loyalists must pay for property lost in the war

significance of saratoga

TURNING POINT OF THE WAR because the US gained france as an ally👼👼

first three articles of the constitution

I- legislative branch

II- executive branch

III- judicial branch

lord dunmore’s proclamation

british governor & military commander in virginia, offered freedom to any slave who escaped to his lines & fought, angered colonists

COMMON SENSE

written by thomas paine, attacked king george and called him an “aristocratical tyranny”, written for the common man and was influential to people “on the fence”

declaration of independence

document written by thomas jefferson that outlined the fact that united states was now an independent nation

causes of the rebellion

political representation: taxed without actual representation in parliament

economic: taxed

social: enlightenment thinking

albany plan

a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government, but didnt work because the colonies werent ready