Period 3 1754-1800
Emily Corriher- January 4, 2016
Albany Plan of Union 1754
- Developed by Benjamin Franklin
- Intercolonial government- provided a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes for the common defense, where the "join or die" logo originated from
- Plan was not accepted
- Significance? Helped establish more revolutionary Congresses in the 1770s
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
- Formed during the Stamp Act
- Purpose to intimidate tax agents
- Tar and Feathered tax agents and destroyed revenue stamps
- Daughters of Liberty- spinning bees
- Samuel Adams
Declaration of Independence 1776
- Drafted by Thomas Jefferson
- Listed grievances against King George III's government
- July 4, 1776
- Expressed basic principles that justified revolution: unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- Declared Independence from Great Britain- United States of America
1776 "But Mr Adams"
Virginia Plan/ New Jersey Plan/ The Great Compromise
Virginia Plan
- James Madison
- This plan favored the large states- representation based on population
- William Paterson
- This plan favored the small states- 1 state=1 vote
- Richard Sherman
- Sherman proposed a two house Congress( Senate and House of Representatives)
- Senate= equal representation, House of Representatives= population of state
- 1787
John Adams
- Signed the Declaration of Independence
- Elected for the presidency in 1796, ran under the Federalist Party
- Created the department of the Navy
- Failures during presidency? Alien and Sedition Acts and XYZ Affair
Themes:
POL-1: In 1796, John Adams ran for the presidency under the Federalist party. John Adams and the Federalist party believed in a strong central government and developed a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
NAT-1: The Declaration of Independence expressed the idea of the colonies being independent and free from Great Britain.