2.a – Path to Independence
11.2 CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS (1763 – 1824): Growing political and economic tensions led the American colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain. Once independent, the new nation confronted the challenge of creating a stable federal republic.
11.2a Following the French and Indian War, the British government attempted to gain greater political and economic control over the colonies. Colonists resisted these efforts, leading to increasing tensions between the colonists and the British government.
+Students will examine British efforts to gain greater political and economic control such as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Townsend Acts, the Tea Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Coercive Acts, and colonial reactions to these efforts.
11.2b Failed attempts to mitigate the conflicts between the British government and the colonists led the colonists to declare independence, which they eventually won through the Revolutionary War, which affected individuals in different ways.
+Students will examine the purpose of and the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence and consider its long term impact.
+Students will examine the impact of the Revolutionary War on workers, African Americans, women, and Native Americans.
- 1.a – Establishing America
- 2.a – Path to Independence
- 2.b – Foundations of American Government
- 2.c – Principles of the Constitution
- Expansion, Nationalism, Sectionalism
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Industrialism and Urbanization
- The Gilded Age
- The Populist Era
- American Progress
- World War I (USHG)
- Great Depression & New Deal
- World War II
- The Cold War Begins
- America From 1945-1980
- Civil Rights Movement
- The Modern Era
- Twenty First Century Issues
- Landmark Cases
- NYSFramework
