Result of French & Indian War: it ended solutary neglect with britian. american identity/nationalism started to form. treaty of paris

Stamp Act: a tax on all paper goods and really hurt everyone. first tax that was really noticable because it came out of their income directly. first direct tax.

Sugar Act: reduced tax on sweets BUT it reduced smuggling but didn’t affect all the colonists

Start of Conflicts w/England: end of solutary neglect and started taxing more to get money from colonists after war

Loyalists: wanted to stay with britain, a lot of people were loyalists during the revolution, many went back to britian after war

Declaration of Independence & Slavery: Thomas jefferson wrote it and tried to write that all men were equal but ppl stopped him because slaves might start using the language to rebel

Boston Massacre: some protestor wanted to trash a tax collectors house and threw snowballs but british soldiers shot at them. 5 people died and became martyers. 1 black man, sam adams, was killed.

Sons of Liberty: came together to be against the stamp acts and things. mob/violencne group in boston. pushed for american independance.

Thomas Paine/Common Sense: argument for independence and that monarchy is bad

Lexington & Concord: “short heard around the world” british were searching farms and paul revere warned them.

Saratoga: the turning point of the war, french joined

Black Soldiers & Sailors: black ppl were on both sides of the revolution and at every major battle, to earn independence. 1 died, sam adams, in the boston massacre

Economic Impact of Revolution: made us broke asf

Republic form of Government: we elect representatives

Shay’s Rebellion: told everyone that we need a greater federal government. make a new constitution

James Madison: father of the constitution

Thomas Jefferson: lousiana purchase, wrote declaration of independence

Alexander Hamilton: secretary of treasury, national bank, reason why the capital was moved to virginia

Federalist Papers: a group of papers written by hamilton, madison, and john jay but were all signed under a sucinom. hamilton wrote most of them

Virginia Plan: we get madisons plan

“dirty compromise”: ignored/protected slavery for 20 years but the south supports northern interests

Whiskey rebellion: gov will deal with americas internal problems fast and well. washington’s first test

XYZ Affair: france wanted a bribe

Alien & Sedition Acts: adams put this in act after the xyz affair so ppl wouldn’t critisize him. targeted antifederalists

Disestablishment of Religion: adams did this. no state/gov preference for religion

Revolution of 1800: bitter election. polite transforer of power

Marbury v. Madison: established judicial review. started with the appointment of midnight judges.

Judicial Review: reviewing stuff legislation passes

1808 Atlantic Slave Trade Ban: it didn’t really work because southern slaves didn’t reinforce it

Political & social life after Independence

American’s view of newly Formed U.S.: it’s a new unique special nation but they wren’t sure it was gonna work.

Founders view of New Republic: they hated it. radical idea and wasn’t sure it was gonna work

Montesquieu’s Influence: separation of powers

Rome’s Influence: influences system of governments

Influence of Deism: belief that god existed but didn’t manipulate every choice. most of the founders were that

Influence of Greek Salon: influenced us but we don’t have the pure democracy they did.

Republican motherhood: the belief that mothers were responsible for the success of the new nation. “remember the ladies”

Decision makers: white, property owning men

Antifederalists: typically farmers, wanted a bill of rights, wanted state power

Federalists: typically lawyers, doctors, etc.. wanted a strong federal government

How the constitution was viewed: it barely passed through all the states.

Haitian revolution: haiti rose against france and the slaves got inspired

1. washington: war vet, 1st president, culper spy ring, gurilla war tactics, anti-partisan

2. adams: 2nd president, xyz affair, alien and sedition acts, federalist

3. jefferson: 3rd president, louisiana purchase, anti federalist, wrote declaration of independence

extra notes:

• 35 multiple choice, 15 true or false

• took place in boston at first

• native americans: fed gov continues to treat them poorly. forces tribes to form alliances together.