Revolution

Age 12-14: Concept 1 - Semester 1: Unit 1

Summary of Skills

• Analyze how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France. (Social Studies)
• Analyze the important geographic, political, economic, and social aspects of life in the region prior to the Revolutionary Period. (Social Studies)
• Assess the impact of geography on the settlement and developing economy of the Carolina colony. (Social Studies)
• Compare political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 English colonies. (Social Studies)
• Describe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth of representative government in the American colonies. (Social Studies)
• Describe the contributions of key personalities from the Revolutionary War era and assess their influence on the outcome of the war including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington. (Social Studies)
• Describe the contributions of key personalities from the Revolutionary War era and assess their influence on the outcome of the war — including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington. (Social Studies)
• Describe the factors that led to the founding and settlement of the American colonies including religious persecution, economic opportunity, adventure, and forced migration. (Social Studies)
• Describe the impact of documents such as the Mecklenburg Resolves, the Halifax Resolves, the Albany Plan of Union, the Declaration of Independence, the State Constitution of 1776, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights on the formation of the state and national governments. (Social Studies)
• Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor. (Social Studies)
• Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor. Describe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth of representative government in the American colonies. (Social Studies)
• Describe the roles and contributions of diverse groups, such as American Indians, African Americans, European immigrants, landed gentry, tradesmen, and small farmers to everyday life in various colonies. (Social Studies)
• Evaluate the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the cultures of American Indians, Europeans, and Africans. (Social Studies)
• Examine the reasons for the colonists' victory over the British, and evaluate the impact of military successes and failures, the role of foreign interventions, and ongoing political and economic domestic issues. (Social Studies)
• Examine the role of an individual state or region in the Revolutionary War. (Social Studies)
• Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; writing the Articles of Confederation; fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the winter at Valley Forge; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783. (Social Studies)
• Identify and describe American Indians who inhabited various colonies and assess their impacts on those colonies. (Social Studies)
• Identify geographic and political reasons for the creation of various colonies and evaluate the effects on the government and economics of the colony. (Social Studies)
• Trace the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War, and assess the impact of major events, problems, and personalities during the Constitutional Period in individual states and the new nation. (Social Studies)
• Trace the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and evaluate their relative significance in the onset of hostilities, including the Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in Parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War. (Social Studies)
• Understand significant political and economic issues of the revolutionary era. (Social Studies)
• Understand the causes of exploration and identify reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America. (Social Studies)