Road to Revolution
What event lead to the following consequences:
-France surrendered its North American Empire granting Britain dominance
- British began to tax the colonies in order to pay war debts
- British expansion into Ohio River Valley resulted in greater tensions with Native Americans
What is the French and Indian War
Stated that Britain had the right to place taxes and laws on American colonies
What is the Declaratory Act?
Document that called for independence from Great Britain appealing to the common people of the colonies; used rationalism to argue that a small island shouldn't be able to control a much larger mass of land
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense
General of the Continental Army and the First President
Who is George Washington?
To pay off national debt and have federal government assume war debts from revolutionary war; protect industries with high tariffs on imports; establish national bank
What were the goals Hamilton's Financial Program?
Tax placed on all printed materials including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards was...
Stamp Act of 1765
Britain's first direct tax as a means to pay for debt following the French and Indian War; intended to raise money for Britain
What is the Stamp Act?
Form of Government in which citizens participate in deciding laws and politics
What is Democracy?
Drafted the Constitution and became first secretary of treasury
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
First constitution of the United States that gave all power federal government to the legislature; no provision for military force; limited central government; couldn't impose tariffs on states without their permission
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Proposed by Benjamin Franklin during the French and Indian War as an attempt to create centralized government for colonies. Was rejected by colonies yet laid foundations for future revolutionary congress
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
Tax placed on all imported items to the colonies (paper, glass, and tea); resulted in highly organized protests such as boycotts dependent on women's efforts
What were the Townshed Acts?
Political ideology which prevented the consolidation of power in a singular person/group
What is the Separation of Powers
Women's rights advocate; wife of the second president
Who is Abigail Addams?
Supported an orderly, efficient central government that could protect their economic status; included urban folks with commercial background; popular members include George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton
Who were the Federalists?
Great Britain ordered colonists not to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains, however, many colonists had already migrated west and felt that they deserved the land because of the sacrifices they made during the French and Indian War
The British government did not want to provoke any more bloodshed and wanted to profit off of the fur trade
What is the the Proclamation Act?
Four taxes passed by congress which placed limits on immigration and freedom of speech
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts
British Writer and influencer of the revolutionary ideas
Who is John Locke?
a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War; French agents called for bribes before they could discuss negotiations
What was the XYZ Affair?
Response to the Boston Tea Party, known as the coercive acts included...
Boston Port Act - closed port/ harbor until all lost tea was paid for
Massachusetts Government Act put Massachusetts under direct British control, limiting the power of town meetings and allowing the royal governor to appoint officials who had previously been elected
Passed by Britain as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party in Massachussettes, limiting their authority
What are the Intolerable Acts?
an agreement between man and government, exchanging personal freedom for protection by the government
What is the Social Contract
Wrote only 5 Federalist Papers
Who is John Jay?
an uprising of Western Pennsylvania farmers that took place between 1791-1794 in response to Alexander Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey. It was a key incident in the development of the First Two Party System in the United States.
What was the whiskey rebellion?