UNIT 2: Emerging New Nation - The American Revolution and Constitution of the United States
Our primary focus during the unit will be on the causes and results of the American Revolution. By exploring the events that led to the birth of this country, we can better understand the roots of the political, social and economic values that came to shape the modern United States.
Essential Questions
· How did the values of liberty, democracy, diversity, and individualism shape the founding of America?
· What various factors—geographical, philosophical, social, economic, and political factors made the American Revolution possible?
· How did the establishment of the U.S. Constitution and its federalist system cause tensions between the federal and state government?
· What are the benefits and risks in a democracy?
· How do democratic governments balance the rights of individuals with the common good?
· How is the U.S. Constitution exemplary of collaboration and compromise?
· What limits were put on the federal government by the Constitution?
· What are two examples of the benefits of federalism with regard to California?
Vocabulary
You should know these terms by the end of the Unit. If you don’t, look them up.
Stamp Act
Samuel Adams
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Lexington and Concord
Minutemen
Bunker Hill
Continental Congress
Continental Congress
Loyalists and Patriots
John Locke
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Checks and Balances
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights
Enumerated powers
Federal system
Implied powers
Separation of powers
Amendment
Our primary focus during the unit will be on the causes and results of the American Revolution. By exploring the events that led to the birth of this country, we can better understand the roots of the political, social and economic values that came to shape the modern United States.
Essential Questions
· How did the values of liberty, democracy, diversity, and individualism shape the founding of America?
· What various factors—geographical, philosophical, social, economic, and political factors made the American Revolution possible?
· How did the establishment of the U.S. Constitution and its federalist system cause tensions between the federal and state government?
· What are the benefits and risks in a democracy?
· How do democratic governments balance the rights of individuals with the common good?
· How is the U.S. Constitution exemplary of collaboration and compromise?
· What limits were put on the federal government by the Constitution?
· What are two examples of the benefits of federalism with regard to California?
Vocabulary
You should know these terms by the end of the Unit. If you don’t, look them up.
Stamp Act
Samuel Adams
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Lexington and Concord
Minutemen
Bunker Hill
Continental Congress
Continental Congress
Loyalists and Patriots
John Locke
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Checks and Balances
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights
Enumerated powers
Federal system
Implied powers
Separation of powers
Amendment