Early America through the Founding of the New Nation
Virginia SOL VUS.5
Understand issues and events leading to and during the Revolutionary period.
What students need to be able to do
- Describe the results of the French and Indian War.
- Describe how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests contributed to the start of the American Revolution.
- Describe efforts by individuals and groups to mobilize support for the American Revolution.
- Examine the contributions of those involved in drafting and signing the Declaration of Independence and the lasting legacy of the document.
- Analyze the intervention of France and other factors that led to colonial victory in the Revolutionary War.
- Evaluate how key principles in the Declaration of Independence became unifying ideas of American political philosophy.
- Analyze the contributions of future U.S. presidents significant during this era.