Unit 1 American Revolution & Independence

Unit 1 Big Ideas:

(What I expect my students to tell me, supported with details, when they understand the unit's content and skills.)

• The colonists rights and freedoms were limited by the British Government causing them to declare independence.
• Colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence to convince the world why they should be free.
• The consequences of the American Revolution.

Unit 1 Essential Questions:

(Essential questions are open-ended questions that add depth and detail to support the Big Ideas)

• What ideas, experiences, and interactions influenced some colonists to support independence?
• What grievances did the colonists have against Great Britain?
• What were the consequences of the American Revolution on North America?

Unit 1 Critical Vocabulary Key Concepts:

(Theses are terms and concepts from the unit that students will need to know and understand.)

• colonial ideas , government, limited government, republicanism, individual rights
• grievances, common good, representative government, self government, town meetings
• House of Burgesses, royal government, French & Indian War, Great Britain
• Declaration of Independence, American Revolution, natural rights, militia, patriots
• loyalists, allies, tyranny, repeal, boycott, petition, traitor, mercenaries, guerrillas
• strategy, treaty