UNIT 3: CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES • SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution. • a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. • b. 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. • c. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.
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UNIT 3:CREATION OF THE UNITED
STATES• SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American
Revolution.
• a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.
• b. 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.
• c. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.
CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES
• UNIT FOCUS 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 early American documents including the Articles of Confederation, Constitution, and the U. S. Bill of Rights. The unit ends with the Presidencies of George Washington and John Adams, which along with the contributions of early American leaders such as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, show how individuals, groups, and institutions affect societal change.
CREATION OF THE UNITED STATESNORTH AMERICA, EARLY 1700S
CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION• 1. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (AKA 7 YEARS
WAR) (1754–1763) • 1)the North American chapter of the
Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them. The war resulted in the British conquest of Canada.
• 2)CAUSES• a. Both New France and New England wanted to expand
their territories with respect to fur trading and other pursuits that matched their economic interests. Using trading posts and forts, both the British and the French claimed the vast territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
• b. both European powers took advantage of Native American factions to protect their territories and to keep each other from growing too strong.
• c. The English colonists also feared France’s Roman Catholic influence. English law provided religious and other freedoms.
COMMUNICATIONS) • 1)PLANNED 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, • 2)1ST ORG. LINKING COLONIES TO OPPOSE ENG• 3)LOYALISTS (KING) V. PATRIOTS (AMERICANS)
• 4.THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHED COMMON SENSE• 1)ATLANTIC TO WIDE FOR ENG. TO RULE• 2)ISLAND COULD NOT RULE CONTINENT• 3)IF ENG WAS “MOTHER COUNTRY” “NO MOTHER WOULD