AP History (part III)
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- Era of Good Feelings
- 1816-1824, upsurge in patriotism
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Penn. farmers opposed to the excise tax (25%) on grain, became a mobacracy, government quickly and efficiently stopped them
- Articles of the Confederation
- very weak, no strong national government, , taxes had to be unanimous, laws approved by 2/3rds, amendments must be unanimous, no executive branch, no court, taxes could only be requested, no regulation of interstate commerce
- Battle of Yorktown
- Rochambeau, Washington, De Grasse, defeat British and drive them from Cheseapeake Bay, Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781
- Sedition Act
- 1789- made it illegal to criticize policies of the government
- The Virginia Resolution
- written by Madison, declared that states had the rights of nullification, never passed
- Chesepeake Incident
- the US "Cheseapeake" sunk by the British
- Annapolis Convention
- attempt to discuss problems caused by the Articles
- Hartford Convention
- meeting of federalists who opposed war of 1812, called for 2/3 majority to declare war, no consecutive same-state presidents, 2/3 majority for embargos, get rid of 3/5 Compromise, marked the end of the federalist party
- Judiciary Act of 1801
- created the 16, federalist, "Midnight Judges"
- The Virginia/ "Big State" Plan
- proposed by James Madison, 3 branches of government, 2 house bicameral legislature, votes based on population
- Citizen Genet
- french emessary who tried to convince americans to support France, kicked out of the country
- Order of the Cincinnatus
- group of Washington's officers who plotted to put Washington in power because the gocernment wasn't giving them pension, Washington thwarted them, Newburg Consperacy
- The Constitutional Convention
- president Washington, met to try and fix the articles, ended up making a new government instead
- The Burr Conspiracy
- Aaron Burr's attempt to take over Louisiana and secced from the nation
- Battle of Camden
- August 16, 1780- worst day for Americans, Gates was American general (fired after battle and replaced by Nathaniel Greene)
- Land Ordinance of 1785
- western lands sold to pay off debts from revolution
- Lord Dunmore Decree
- said ny slave who joined British army would be free
- James Madison
- father of the constituton, federalist
- The Great Compromise
- created bicameral legislature where one had equal representation (Senate- 2 votes) and one was population-based (House)
- Assumption Plan
- 1791, Hamilton's plan for the US to assume the state's debts, was granted because he gave Jefferson VA as the site for the capital
- Objections
- written by George Mason, series of essays against the constitution
- The Federalist Papers
- written by Madison, Jay, and Hamilton to convince people to ratify the constitution
- The Jay Treaty
- 1794- england promised to respect american freedom of the seas and build no more new forts in the US, americans promised to repay their debts
- Democrat- Republicans
- strict interpretation, weaker government, Francophiles
- The Kentuckey Resolutions
- written by Jefferson, declared that states had the right of nullification
- Men who organized resistance in SC
- Sumter, Marien,Morgan, Pickens
- De Grasse
- French admiral
- Alien Act
- 1789- gave president the right to deport aliens, passed by a Federalist congress during John Adams' presidency
- Battle of Plattsburg
- american victory, US- Thomas MacDunogh
- Non-Intercourse Act
- 1809- replaces the embargo act, said America would begin to export with everyone but England and France
- Treaty of Paris of 1783
- granted american independence, all land to the mississippi river belong to US, loyalists were not to be persecuted, americans were to pay off debts to the british, British allowed to keep some forts
- Rochambeau
- french general under washington
- Federalists
- loose interpretation, stronger government, Anglophiles
- Treaty of Ghent
- ended the War of 1812, everything went back to the way it was
- Macion's Bill No. 2
- 1811- replaces the Non-Intercourse Act, said whichever country (France or England) would stop interupting freedom of the seas, America would trade with them
- 3/5 Compromise
- Slaves counted as 2/5 of a person when counted for population
- Northwest Ordinance
- deternimed how new states would be admitted: if 60,000 people were in the area and they wrote a constitution that was approved
- Bill of Rights
- proposed by Elbrige Gerry, seconded by George Mason, unanimous no at first (so Gerry, Mason, and Randolph wouldn't sign the constitution), later added during the ratification debates
- Shay's Rebellion
- some people in mass. organized rebellion to take over government,showed how weak the articles of confederation were, was thwared, Shay's hung
- The Pickney Treaty
- between US and Spain, guarenteed US access to New Orleans and the Mississippi
- New Jersey/ "Small State" Plan
- proposed by William Paterson, had equal representation in legislature