Unit Two Standards
SS.8.A.3.1: Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763 - 1774.
SS.8.A.3.2: Explain American colonial reaction to British policy from 1763 - 1774.
SS.8.A.3.3: Recognize the contributions of the Founding Fathers (John Adams, Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, George Washington) during American Revolutionary efforts.
SS.8.A.3.4: Examine the contributions of influential groups to both the American and British war efforts during the American Revolutionary and their effects on the outcome of the war.
SS.8.A.3.5 Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments during the Revolutionary era
SS.8.A.3.6: Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.
SS.8.A.3.7: Examine the structure, content, and consequences of the Declaration of Independence.
SS.8.C.1.2 Compare views of self-government and the rights and responsibilities of citizens held by Patriots, Loyalists, and other colonists.
Unit Two Understandings
Students will understand that…
• People, places, and ideas change over time.
• Conflict can lead to change.
Unit Two Essential Questions
• How does geography influence the way people live?
• How do new ideas change the way people live?
• Why does conflict develop?
• What motivates people to act?
Unit Two Words & Phrases to Know:
Proclamation of 1763, taxation without representation, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, boycott
Sons/ Daughters of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party,
Coercive/ Intolerable Acts, Quartering Act, First Continental Congress, militia, Minutemen, Paul Revere, Lexington & Concord,
“Shot heard 'round the world”, Battle of Bunker Hill, Redcoats, Loyalists, Patriots, Second Continental Congress, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Continental Army
Olive Branch Petition, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, The Enlightenment, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Saratoga, French alliance, Valley Forge, Battle of Yorktown, Treaty of Paris (1783), French Revolution, Haitian Revolution
SS.8.A.3.1: Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763 - 1774.
SS.8.A.3.2: Explain American colonial reaction to British policy from 1763 - 1774.
SS.8.A.3.3: Recognize the contributions of the Founding Fathers (John Adams, Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, George Washington) during American Revolutionary efforts.
SS.8.A.3.4: Examine the contributions of influential groups to both the American and British war efforts during the American Revolutionary and their effects on the outcome of the war.
SS.8.A.3.5 Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments during the Revolutionary era
SS.8.A.3.6: Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.
SS.8.A.3.7: Examine the structure, content, and consequences of the Declaration of Independence.
SS.8.C.1.2 Compare views of self-government and the rights and responsibilities of citizens held by Patriots, Loyalists, and other colonists.
Unit Two Understandings
Students will understand that…
• People, places, and ideas change over time.
• Conflict can lead to change.
Unit Two Essential Questions
• How does geography influence the way people live?
• How do new ideas change the way people live?
• Why does conflict develop?
• What motivates people to act?
Unit Two Words & Phrases to Know:
Proclamation of 1763, taxation without representation, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, boycott
Sons/ Daughters of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party,
Coercive/ Intolerable Acts, Quartering Act, First Continental Congress, militia, Minutemen, Paul Revere, Lexington & Concord,
“Shot heard 'round the world”, Battle of Bunker Hill, Redcoats, Loyalists, Patriots, Second Continental Congress, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Continental Army
Olive Branch Petition, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, The Enlightenment, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Saratoga, French alliance, Valley Forge, Battle of Yorktown, Treaty of Paris (1783), French Revolution, Haitian Revolution