Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; fighting the battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the winter at Valley Forge signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
Evaluate the contributions of the Founding Fathers as models of civic virtue.
Identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects.
Define and give examples of unalienable rights.
Explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period.
Compare political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 English colonies.
Analyze the causes and effects of economic differences among different regions of the United States at selected times.
Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States.
Identify reasons for English, Spanish, and French exploration and colonization of North America.
Analyze the issues of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.
Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles and procedures for orderly expansion of the United States.
Summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
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