Seven Years War & Taxation without Representation
Required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies
This was an incentive for enslaved people to join the Union Army.
This rebellion happened in 1786 as the leader lead other farmers in an uprising against high state taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money.
Shay's Rebellion - eventually stopped by the state militia of Massachusetts
Agreed that an enslaved individual would count as 3/5ths of a person, for the sake of a state's tax and representation
Three-Fifth's Compromise
This was a warning about not getting involved in European affairs, not making "permanent alliances", not to form political parties, and to not fall into sectionalism.
Washington's Farewell Address
These duties were collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper.
Townshend Acts (1767)
This petition was sent to King George III in 1775, to pledge the loyalty of the colonists and protect colonial rights
Olive Branch Petition
This unicameral (one-house) legislature was the original government of the United States
Articles of Confederation - congress did not have the power to regulate commerce (collect taxes), but did have the power to wage war and create diplomatic treaties
The way in which the government ensures that no one branch is more powerful than the others.
Checks and balances/ Separation of powers
This principal that influenced states to stop using taxes for religious support
Separation of Church and State
Coercive Acts
1. Port Act
2. Mass. Government Act
3. Administration of Justice Act
4. Quartering Act
This act, declared by King George, declared the colonies in rebellion
Prohibitory Act (August 1775)
This ordinance established a policy for creating new states. This granted self-government to the developing territory and prohibited slavery in the region
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
(Connecticut Plan) Great Compromise
This early political group argued for states-rights. Popular with southern states and western frontier voters.
Democrat-Republican
This is the reason that the French built a series of forts in the Ohio River Valley - upsetting the British and, in part, starting the 7 Years War
Halt the growth of British Colonies
The diplomatic victory of this battle persuaded France to join the war effort against England
Battle of Saratoga
This group organized to oppose British actions by providing supplies to the fighting forces, as well as boycotting British goods.
Daughters of Liberty
These powers, argued by Hamilton, are as powerful as the other powers of the Constitution.
Implied Powers
This rebellion was due to a federal excise tax placed on the product made from excess corn. Farmers felt they couldn't pay it, so they rebelled.
Whiskey Rebellion. The strength of the federal government was in question, this helped solidify its authority.
This group was formed as a secret society to intimidate tax agents, as they didn't believe in taxation without representation
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
This treaty recognized the existence of the US as an independent nation, the Mississippi River would be the western boundary, Americans would have fishing rights off the Coast of Canada, and Americans would pay debts owed to British merchants and honor Loyalist claims for property confiscated during the war
Treaty of Paris (1783)
A new view, known as this, called for educating women so that in the home, they could teach their children values of the new republic and their roles as citizens.
Republican Motherhood
This allowed Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, including tariffs (taxes) on foreign imports, but it prohibited placing taxes on any exports
Commercial Compromise
This new law (1790) placed the federal government in control of all legal actions with Native Americans
Indian Intercourse Act