The+Revolutionary+Era

=The Revolutionary Era=

__**Unit Theme Objectives:**__

T**he Struggle for Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice** • Evaluate how individuals, groups, and institutions in the United States have both promoted and hindered people’s struggles for freedom, equality, and social justice.

• Analyze the role of women and men in key events, such as the American Revolution.
 * Gender Roles in Economic, Political, and Social Life**

• Explore the history of individual Connecticut cities and towns. • Explore how Connecticut contributed to various key events in United States history, such as the war for independence.
 * The Role of Connecticut in U.S. History**

__**Content Objectives:**__

• Identify the causes of the French and Indian War. • Analyze the effects of the French and Indian War on the colonies. • Explore how the French and Indian War affected the relationship between England and its colonies.
 * French and Indian War**

• Analyze the significance of the slogan, “no taxation without representation” in the American colonies. • Explore the major events that started the actual conflict between the British and the colonies. • Examine major battles of the American Revolution and their impact on the outcome of the war. • Evaluate how indigenous peoples and women both played vital roles in the Revolutionary War. • Compare and contrast the attitudes of merchants, shopkeepers, farmers, women, slaves, and freed blacks toward conflict with the British. • Analyze the role and contributions of Connecticut in the Revolutionary War.
 * The Revolutionary War**

__**Dimension 2: Disciplinary Concepts and Skills**__

[|EngageNY-American Revolution Inquiry lesson] Students to reflect on factors that contributed to the outbreak of hostilities between American colonists and Great Britain. As students explore the featured sources for this inquiry, they come to see how some individuals on both sides inflamed the tensions while others worked for reconciliation.

__History: Causation and Argumentation__ HIST 8.9 Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past. HIST 8.10 Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.

Compelling Question: • How did a perception of injustice fuel conflict during the colonial period in United States history?

Supporting Questions: • How did the events of the Boston Massacre affect the way the colonists viewed the British government and troops? • What were the effects of the French and Indian war on the relationship between the colonists and indigenous peoples? • What issues contributed to conflict between indigenous peoples and the colonists (e.g., King Philip’s War, Queen Anne’s War)? • What role did slaves and the issue of slavery play in the American Revolution? • Why was freedom of religion an important reason for people to leave Europe and colonize the Americas? • How did the colonies unite to fight against the injustices of the British?

__Civics: Participation and Deliberation__ CIV 8.2 Analyze ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States, and explain how they influence the social and political system.

Compelling Question: • How did the actions of colonists in colonial America influence the development of the democratic principles that provided the foundation for our country and still influence us today?

Supporting Questions: • What are the key principles of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution of the United States and which of the principles are most important today? • Why were the people of the colonies so upset that they were being taxed without representation in the English government? • Why was popular sovereignty so important to the colonists?

CIV 8.3 Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in multiple settings.

Compelling Question: • How effective were colonial policies and actions in influencing British control?

Supporting Questions: • How were laws and decisions made in the colonies? • Were formal appeals to the British or actions like the Boston Tea Party more effective in influencing the British?

__History: Perspectives__ HIST 8.3 Analyze multiple factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical era. HIST 8.4 Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time (e.g., American Revolution, slavery, labor, the role of women). HIST 8.5 Analyze how people’s perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.

Compelling Question: • How did the attitudes, beliefs, and actions of various groups influence the outcome of the American Revolutionary War?

Supporting Questions: • How were attitudes toward the British in Connecticut similar too and different from those of other states? • What factors influenced whom indigenous peoples and African Americans supported during the American Revolution? • How did women contribute, directly and indirectly, to the Americans’ war effort? • Why did the French decide to support the Americans?

__History: Historical Sources and Evidence__

HIST 8.6 Detect possible limitations in the historical record based on evidence collected from different kinds of historical sources. HIST 8.7 Use questions generated about multiple historical sources to identify further areas of inquiry and additional sources. HIST 8.8 Evaluate the relevance and utility of a historical source based on information such as maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose.

Compelling Question: • How did the American Revolution contribute to an American identity?

Supporting Questions: • What important documents from The Revolutionary Era provide insight into a developing American identity (e.g., Declaration of Independence)? • Is American identity today still influenced by the American Revolution? What evidence from primary sources exists to support answers to these questions?