Unit Scope and Sequence

The American Dates

Revolution
Chapter 5: The
Road to Revolution

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Sections, Essential Questions,

Events, and Words to Know
Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
Question 1: Why did fighting break out
between France and Britain in North
America?
Question 2: How well did Britain do in the
beginning of the war, and how did they react
to their performance?
Question 3: Why did the British win, and how
do you know this?
Question 4: What do you think the effects of
the war were on the colonies?
Words to Know: militia, alliance, cede
Section 2: Colonial Resistance
Question 1: Why was there conflict between
the Native Americans and the British settlers,
and what was the British governments
reaction?
Question 2: What did the British do that
angered colonists, and why did they do this?
Question 3: What was the Boston Massacre,
and how do you think it help lead to the
American Revolution?
Words to Know: duty, boycott, petition, writ
of assistance

CCSS Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.68.1: Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary and
secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.68.2: Determine the central
ideas or information of a
primary or secondary
source; provide an accurate
summary of the source
distinct from prior
knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.68.4: Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in
a text, including vocabulary
specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-

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Section 3: From Protests to Rebellion

Question 1: What were some ways that the
colonists protested the British taxes, and
what is the most famous example?
Question 2: What were the Intolerable Acts,
and why did the colonists hate them so
much?
Question 3: What was the British response to
the colonists protest of the Intolerable Acts,
and what was the colonists response?
Question 4: How did the Revolution begin?
Words to Know: monopoly, minuteman,
repeal
Section 4: The War Begins
Question 1: What issues did the Second
Continental Congress face, and how did the
solve them?
Question 2: What were some reasons why a
colonist might become a patriot, and what
were some reasons why a colonist might
stay loyal?
Question 3: What were some ways that the
colonists tried to seek for peace with the
British, and why did they fail?
Question 4: Why were early battles like Fort
Ticonderoga and Bunker Hill so important for
the American cause?
Words to Know: blockade, mercenary,

8.1: Cite specific textual

evidence to support
analysis of primary and
secondary sources.

patriot, loyalist, tory

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Review
Students will be able to:
o Explain what factors ignited conflict
between the British and their colonists.
o Compare and contrast the British and
colonial views on how the colonies
should be manage
o Argue for loyalty to the crown or argue
for independence

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Chapter 5 Test

Chapter 6: The
American
Revolution

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Section 1: A Nation Declares Independence

Question 1: How did the Patriots gain
support for Independence, and whats a good
example of how they stirred support?
Question 2: What were the key points of the
Declaration of Independence?
Question 3: What was the impact of the
Declaration of Independence, and how did it
change the revolution?
Words to Know: resolution, preamble,
grievance
Declaration of Independence
Question 1: What are some common themes
that the Declaration of Independence has
with its summary in section one?
Question 2: What does the textbook do with
the Declaration as a secondary source?
Debate: Independence Referendum
Should the colonies declare independence
from our mother nation Britain?

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.68.2: Determine the central

ideas or information of a
primary or secondary
source; provide an accurate
summary of the source
distinct from prior
knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.68.4: Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in
a text, including vocabulary
specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.68.9: Analyze the
relationship between a
primary and secondary

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Section 2: A Critical Time

Question 1: What was the Revolutionary War
like in the Middle States like Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, and Delaware?
Question 2: Why did the Battle of Saratoga
change the war, and what were the big three
results of that?
Question 3: What did foreign powers and
volunteers do to help the Americans, and
what did George Washington do to help the
Americans?
Words to Remember: mercenary, alliance
Words to know: cavalry

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Section 3: The War Widens

Question 1: What roles did African Americans
have in the Revolution?
Question 2: How did the war affect the
civilian population?
Question 3: What was the Revolutionary War
like in the Western Frontier and at sea?
Words to Know: enlist, civilian, continental,
privateer

source on the same topic.

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Section 4: Winning Independence

What was the Revolutionary War like in the
Southern States like the Carolinas and
Georgia?
How did the Americans win the final battles
in the Revolutionary War?
Why did the Americans win the Revolutionary
War?
What were the effects of the American
Revolution?
Review
Students will be able to:
o Describe what happened in the Middle
States, the South, and the Western
Frontiers during the Revolutionary War
o Compare and contrast primary and
secondary sources with the Declaration
of Independence
o Argue using sources why the
Americans won the Revolutionary War
Chapter 6 Test