Objectives
Students will:
- Describe why the British had problems in North America after the French and Indian War.
- Explain how colonists responded to unpopular British laws and how Britain tried to maintain control over the colonies.
- Identify the causes of the Boston Massacre.
- Analyze the events of the Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress.
- Explore why the Declaration of Independence was drafted.
- Interpret primary sources.
- Outline the early skirmishes of the American Revolution.
- Recognize how geography can be used in the study of history.
