Unit 2: Revolution and Constitution
Unit 2 Overview
This unit examines the conflict and change associated with the American Revolution, including the ideological background of the Declaration of Independence. Through the conceptual lens of beliefs and ideals, the unit also focuses on the early American documents including Common Sense, Stamp Act, and the Declaration of Independence. The Unit will end will the battles and major events of the Revolutionary War and show how individuals, groups, and institutions affect societal change.
Unit 2 Georgia Standards
SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.
a. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.
b. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.
SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution.
a. Explain the language, organization, and intellectual sources of the Declaration of Independence; include the writing of John Locke and the role of Thomas Jefferson.
b. Explain the reason for and significance of the French alliance and foreign assistance and the roles of Benjamin Franklin and the Marquis de Lafayette.
c. Analyze George Washington as a military leader; include the creation of a professional military and the life of a common soldier, and describe the significance of the crossing of the Delaware River and Valley Forge.
Unit 2 Essential Questions
The student will understand that when there is conflict between or within societies, change is the result.
How did the French and Indian War lead to conflict between the American colonist and leaders in Great Britain?
What ideas presented in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence affected the political and economic views to the American colonist?
Why were taxes such an issue to the colonist before the Revolutionary War broke out?
The student will understand that the actions of individuals, groups and/or institutions affect society through intended and unintended consequences.
How did foreign support help the cause of American in the Revolutionary War?
Who were the key military, political, and social leaders of the American Revolution
Unit 2 Power Point Presentations
1-Causes of the American Revolution 2020.pptxCauses of the American Revolution
2-Road to Revolution 2020.pptxRoad to Revolution
3-The American Revolution 2020.pptx