Unit 3, Federalist Papers

Claimed land in New World to profit form fur trading

Law prohibited colonists form moving west of the Appalachian Mountains; colonists ignored

British response to the Boston Tea Party; colonists formed the First Continental Congress

Pilgrims wrote document that established self-government

Daniel Shay leading a violent revolt against the state government

King George III taxing the colonists without representation in Parliament

Samuel Adams smuggling goods to avoid paying taxes on them

George Washington volunteering to preside over the Constitutional Convention

Any congressional action required executive approval.

Congress lacked the power to declare war.

Most congressional decisions required the approval of at least nine states.

Congress lacked the power to regulate foreign trade.

The American victory at the Battle of Yorktown

The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomats

The bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge

The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga