Guiding Question:

How does the struggle for independence and respectability as a new nation shape the United States today?

• 4 - The project demonstrates a firm grasp of the question and answers it completely by addressing all 4 supporting objectives.
• 3 - The project answers the question adequately and does so by addressing 3 of the 4 supporting objectives.
• 2 - The project attempts an answer of the question and only addresses 2 of the supporting objectives.
• 1 - The project does not answer the question and addresses only 1 of the supporting objectives.
• 0 - Incomplete or no project.

Supporting Objectives:

• Analyze Britain’s attempt to control the colonies following the French and Indian War and the role British debt played in this development.
• Explain the causes and motivations of the American Revolutionary movement.
• Explain the failures of the Articles of Confederation and the resulting writing and struggle for ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• Detail the significance of growing migration within the new formed United States.