The Road to Revolution and a New Nation
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UNIT 4 | EARLY MODERN: GLOBAL INTERACTIONS UNIT 3 THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION AND A NEW NATION 1 UNIT 3 THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION AND A NEW NATION UNIT 43 | EARLYTHE ROAD MODERN: TO REVOLUTION GLOBAL INTERACTIONS AND A NEW NATION UNIT 3 | OVERVIEW, UNIT OBJECTIVES, ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Britain’s attempts to assert tighter control over its North American colonies and the colonial resolve to pursue self-government led to a colonial independence movement and the Revolutionary War. The competition among the British, French, and American Indians for economic and political advantage in North America culminated in the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War), in which Britain defeated France and allied American Indians. The desire of many colonists to assert ideals of self-government in the face of renewed British imperial efforts led to a colonial independence movement and war with Britain. The American Revolution’s democratic and republican ideals inspired new experiments with different forms of government. The ideals that inspired the revolutionary cause reflected new beliefs about politics, religion, and society that had been developing over the course of the 18th Century. After declaring independence, American political leaders created new constitutions and declarations of rights that articulated the role of the state and federal governments while protecting individual liberties and limiting both centralized power and excessive popular influence. New forms of national culture and political institutions developed in the United States alongside continued regional variations and differences over economic, political, social, and foreign policy issues. Migration within North America and competition over resources, boundaries, and trade intensified conflicts among peoples and nations. In the decades after American independence, interactions among different groups resulted in competition for resources, shifting alliances, and cultural blending. TIMELINE: 1754 - 1800 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS: 14 2 UNIT 3 THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION AND A NEW NATION UNIT 43 | EARLYTHE ROAD MODERN: TO REVOLUTION GLOBAL INTERACTIONS AND A NEW NATION UNIT OBJECTIVES • Analyze how ideas about democracy, freedom, and individualism found expression in the development of cultural values, political institutions, and American identity. • Explain how interpretations of the Constitution and debates over rights, liberties, and definitions of citizenship have affected American values, politics, and society. • Explain how popular movements, reform efforts, and activist groups have sought to change American society and institutions. • Explain how cultural interaction, cooperation, competition, and conflict between empires, nations, and peoples have influenced political, economic, and social developments in North America. • Describe ideas about women’s rights and gender roles have affected society and politics. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • How did concepts of American identity and democratic ideals emerge and shape the movement for independence? • Why did the colonists rebel against Britain? • How did the Declaration of Independence shape belief systems and resistance movements throughout the western hemisphere? • How and why did the first major party system develop in the early republic? 3 UNIT 3 THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION AND A NEW NATION UNIT 3 | THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION AND A NEW NATION UNIT 3 | CONTENT 1 LESSON 3.1 | SEEDS OF LIBERTY 76 LESSON 3.3 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT & COLONIAL SOCIETY 78 Opening | EQ Notebook 3 Opening | EQ Notebook 80 Read | Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Atlantic Exchange 5 Watch | Crash Course US History #5 – 85 Read | New Freedoms of the 18th Century The Seven Years’ War and 90 Read | Pontiac’s War the Great Awakening 95 Watch | Crash Course US History #9 – 8 Read | Seven Years’ War Where US Politics Came From 12 Watch | Crash Course US History #6 – 98 Read | Phillis Wheatley’s Poem Taxes & Smuggling - Prelude to Revolution 100 Read | Shays’ Rebellion 16 Read | Origins of the American Revolution 102 Read | The Whiskey Rebellion 21 Read | Causes of the American Revolution 104 Closing | EQ Notebook 28 Activity | Stamp Act Reactions 34 Closing | EQ Notebook 36 LESSON 3.2 | DECLARING & ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE 39 Opening | EQ Notebook 41 Watch | Crash Course US History #7 – Who Won the American Revolution? 45 Read | Independence 53 Read | The War for Independence 60 Read | The Indians’ War of Independence 66 Watch | Crash Course US History #8 – The Constitution, The Articles, and Federalism 70 Activity | Hamilton v. Jefferson 74 Closing | EQ Notebook 4 LESSON 3.1 | SEEDSEEDS OF OF LIBERTY LIBERTY & & COLONIAL COLONIAL SOCIETY SOCIETY LESSON 3.1.0 | OVERVIEW | Seeds of Liberty & Colonial Society Britain’s attempts to assert tighter control over its North American colonies and the colonial resolve to pursue self-government led to a colonial independence movement and the Revolutionary War. The competition among the British, French, and American Indians for economic and political advantage in North America culminated in the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War), in which Britain defeated France and allied American Indians. Colonial rivalry intensified between Britain and France in the mid-18th Century, as the growing population of the British colonies expanded into the interior of North America, threatening French–Indian trade networks and American Indian autonomy. After the British victory, imperial officials’ attempts to prevent colonists from moving westward generated colonial opposition, while native groups sought to both continue trading with Europeans and resist the encroachments of colonists on tribal lands. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • How did concepts of American identity and democratic ideals emerge and shape the movement for independence? • Why did the colonists rebel against Britain? • How did the Declaration of Independence shape belief systems and resistance movements throughout the western hemisphere? • How and why did the first major party system develop in the early republic? 1 LESSON 3.1 | SEED OF LIBERTY & COLONIAL SOCIETY LESSON 3.1.0 | OVERVIEW | Learning Outcomes, Vocabulary, & Outline LEARNING OUTCOMES • Explain the causes of migration to colonial North America and, later, the United States, and analyze immigration’s effects on U.S. society. • Explain how popular movements, reform efforts, and activist groups have sought to change American society and institutions. • Explain how cultural interaction, cooperation, competition, and conflict between empires, nations, and peoples have influenced political, economic, and social developments in North America. LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • How did the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) affect the Native American population and the relations between Britain and its colonies? LESSON OUTLINE 1 Opening | EQ Notebook 2 Watch | Crash Course US History #5 – The Seven Years’ War and the Great Awakening 3 Read | Seven Years’ War 4 Watch | Crash Course US History #6 – Taxes & Smuggling: Prelude to Revolution 5 Read | Origins of the American Revolution 6 Read | Causes of the American Revolution 7 Activity | Stamp Act Reactions 8 Closing | EQ Notebook 2 LESSON 3.1 | SEEDSEEDS OF OF LIBERTY LIBERTY & & COLONIAL COLONIAL SOCIETY SOCIETY LESSON 3.1.1 | OPENING | EQ Notebook PURPOSE Each unit of the Crash Course US History Curriculum Essential Question with evidence they have (CCUSH) is guided by what we call an essential gathered throughout the unit. This provides question. The Essential Question Notebook (EQ students an opportunity to track their learning Notebook) is an informal writing resource for and to prepare them for future activities. To help students to track their learning and understanding students focus on the important ideas, this activity of a concept throughout a unit. Students will asks them to look at the big ideas through the lens be given an Essential Question at the beginning of the Essential Question. At this point, students of a unit and asked to provide a response based won’t have much background to bring to bear on on prior knowledge and speculation. Students will the issue just yet. This early exercise helps to bring then revisit the notebook in order to answer the to the fore what they know coming into the unit. PROCESS Ask students to think about the essential Students can do this in the context of their questions for Unit 3 and Lesson 3.1, knowledge of US History, or relate it to their respectively. Students should write down own lives. the Essential Questions and record their responses to opening questions in their EQ ATTACHMENT Notebook Worksheets. • The EQ Unit 3 Notebook Worksheet Example Opening Questions: How did the Seven Years’ War affect the Native American population and the relations between Britain and its colonies? 3 UNIT 3 | EQ Notebook Worksheet Answer the Essential Questions in Lesson 3.1.1., then again in Lesson 3.1.8. In your answer, be sure to include ideas such as historical context and how themes through history change over time. Use specific examples to support your claims or ideas. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1. How did the Seven Years’ War affect the Native American population and the relations between Britain and its colonies? LESSON 3.1.1. LESSON 3.1.8. HOW HAS YOUR THINKING CHANGED? 4 LESSON 3.1 | SEEDSEEDS OF OF LIBERTY LIBERTY & & COLONIAL COLONIAL SOCIETY SOCIETY LESSON 3.1.2 | WATCH | Crash Course US History #5 The Seven Years’ War and the Great Awakening PREVIEW In which John Green teaches you about the primed the people for revolution. One was the beginnings