Empire, Revolution & Independence — Chapter overview · U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
Five focused units, a three-session source workshop, chapter review, and chapter quiz.
Chapter question
How did disputes over authority develop into independence, and whose freedom changed?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 3.1 · French & Indian War: Empire, Alliances & Debt
I can explain why most Native nations allied with France rather than Britain.
- Unit 3.2 · Road to Revolution: Taxation, Representation & Resistance
I can explain why colonists objected to taxes that were often small.
- Unit 3.3 · Declaration of Independence: Principles, Grievances & Purpose
I can explain what Common Sense changed about the argument for independence.
- Unit 3.4 · The Revolutionary War: Strategy, Alliances & New York
I can explain why keeping an army in the field mattered more than winning battles.
- Unit 3.5 · Liberty, Equality & Unequal Revolutionary Outcomes
I can explain why many enslaved people saw the British as the better bet.