French & Indian War
France losing most of the North American territory
What is the Treaty of Paris?
British troops killed 5 colonists because of tension between the American colonies & Great Britain
What is the Boston Massacre?
What is Shay's Rebellion
equal representation based on states and HOR representation on population - 2 part legislature
- Came from the Virginia Plan x New Jersey Plan
What is the Great Compromise?
What is the XYZ Affair?
Britain is restricting expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains to ease tension with the Native Americans
What is the Proclamation of 1793
Monopolization of tea sales in the American colonies - colonists dressed up as Native Americans & dumped the tea into the Boston harbor
What is the Tea Act & the Boston Tea Party?
no levy taxes that could support US debt
What is weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
parties that debate between strong or weak government
What is Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist
Acts that suppress political opposition & limit immigration
What is the Alien & Sedation Act?
Britain begins taxing colonists to pay back war debts in a mulitude of ways
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act
What is the Intolerable Act?
- couldn't solve economic difficulties
- couldn't pay back debt
- financial instability
What is the negatives to ineffective taxing?
What is the Bill of Rights?
introduced nullification & rejection of laws supported by the state
What is the Kentucky & Virginia Resolution?
The British and the French both wanted control over the Ohio River Valley -- they wanted to expand
First military involvement of the American Revolutionary War between Britain andthe colonies
- Paul Revere's Ride warned everyone
What is Lexington & Concord?
George Washington warned about political parties & foreign involvment for the future of the US
What is the Farewell Address?
First peaceful transfer of power from Federalist to Democratic Republican
What is the Election of 1800