Unit 2 Learning Targets
- I can explain how the outcome of the French and Indian War led to the end of salutary neglect towards the colonies.
- I can explain the role mercantilism had on parliamentary legislation that was passed after the French and Indian War.
- I can describe and analyze the impact acts of Parliament had on the colonies (e.g. Sugar, Stamp, Declaratory, Townshend, Tea, Coercive, Quebec).
- I can describe how the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, the Committees of Correspondence, and the Continental Congresses challenged British policies.
- I can analyze how the Boston Tea Party was an example of civil disobedience.
- I can explain the significance of July 4, 1776.
- I can define and give examples of unalienable rights.
- I can identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence.
- I can explain the advantages and disadvantages both the British and the Americans had going into the Revolutionary War.
- I can explain the roles John Adams, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Galvez, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Paul Jones, King George III, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, Haym Salomon, and George Washington had in the Revolutionary Era.
- I can analyze the importance of Lexington & Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth, Vincennes, and Yorktown on the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
- I can locate important events of the Revolutionary Era on a map.
- I can describe the contributions made by women and African Americans during the Revolutionary Era, such as Abigail Adams, James Armistead, Crispus Attucks, Wentworth Cheswell, and Mercy Otis Warren.
- I can describe the impact the Treaty of Paris (1783) had on the geographic, economic, and political structure of the United States.