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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe the issues over representation and slavery the Framers faced at the Constitutional Convention and how they were addressed in the Constitution.
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Explain why the Constitutional Convention was convened and why the Constitution was written.
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Give examples of problems the country faced under the Articles of Confederation.
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe the powers of the national government and state governments under the Articles of Confederation.
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The American Revolution and its Consequences
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe the significance of the Treaty of Paris (establishment of the United States and its initial boundaries).
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The American Revolution and its Consequences
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Investigate the role of women, enslaved and freed Africans, Indigenous Peoples, and France in helping shape the outcome of the war.
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The American Revolution and its Consequences
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe the importance of Valley Forge, the Battle of Saratoga, and the Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolution.
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The American Revolution and its Consequences
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe the advantages and disadvantages each side had during the American Revolution with respect to military leadership, geography, types of resources, and …
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Causes of the American Revolution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Identify a problem that people in the colonies faced, identify alternative choices for addressing the problem with possible consequences, and describe the cour…
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Causes of the American Revolution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe how colonial experiences with self-government and ideas about government influenced the decision to declare independence.
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Causes of the American Revolution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Identify the role that key individuals played in leading the colonists to revolution, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick…
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Causes of the American Revolution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Use the Declaration of Independence to explain why many colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain and why they believed they had the right to do so.
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Causes of the American Revolution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Describe the role of the First and Second Continental Congresses in unifying the colonies.
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Causes of the American Revolution
- 5th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754-1800)
Using an event from the Revolutionary era, explain how British and colonial views on authority and the use of power without authority differed (views on repres…