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Revolutionary War
- I can explain how colonial ideas about govt. and experiences with self-govt. influenced the colonists' decision to declare independence.
- I can explain how interactions with Great Britain influenced the colonists' decision to declare independence.
- I can explain important documents that played a role in the colonists' decision to declare independence.
Creating Constitutions
- I can explain the reasons why the Articles of Confederation were created and the reasons why it failed.
- I can describe the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention and explain how the new U.S. Constitution resolved these issues.
- I can analyze the debates over the ratification of the Constitution and describe how it was eventually ratified.
- I can use important documents and key ideas in the history of the United States to describe why the government was set up the way it was under the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. Constitution & Government
- I can identify the constitutional principles and explain how they are put into action in the U.S. Constitution.
- I can explain the Bill of Rights and tell how it reflects ideas that were important to many Americans in the 1780s.
Launching the New Government
- I can explain the formation of America's first political parties.
- I can explain changes in America's relations with other nations.
- I can understand Washington's Farewell Address.
- I can analyze the extent to which other presidents followed the advice GW gave in his Farewell Address.
Times of Change, 1800-1850
- I can explain the expansion, conquest, and settlement of the western U.S.
- I can develop an argument about the positive and negative consequences of western expansion.
- I can compare and contrast the social and economic systems developing in the northeast and southern U.S.
- I can explain the growth of early social reform movements in the U.S.
Civil War
- I can explain the causes of the Civil War.
- I can demonstrate an understanding of key events and consequences of the Civil War.
- I can describe key events of the postwar Reconstruction period.
- I can analyze positive and negative consequences of the postwar Reconstruction period.