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Capstone Inquiry: Power, Trade, and Liberation in the Early Modern World
Synthesize the overarching themes of early modern empire-building, global commodities, non-elite resistance, and revolutionary transformations.
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Aftershocks of Revolution: Social Movements, Imperial Wars, and Restoration
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Evaluate the social struggles for abolition and gender equity, the Napoleonic remapping of empires, and the conservative backlash following the Atlantic Revolutions.
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WH2.33District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate the role of alliances and military power in expanding and maintaining the Habsburg Empire during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
WH2.34District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare the ways in which women exercised power during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries within different empires.
WH2.35District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the empires of Morocco or Kongo, including their political and social organization, trade networks, and cultural achievements, and assess the responses of smaller powers to these empires, including those led by women.
WH2.36District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the factors that contributed to the rise of global systems of trade, such as joint stock companies and banks, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
WH2.37District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate the impact of the silver trade, spice trade, cotton trade and sugar industry on different societies and individuals during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
WH2.38District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate the reliability and limitations of different source material in reconstructing the lives of non-elite individuals in at least two different empires.
WH2.39District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze political, social and economic conditions that led to the French Revolution, and evaluate its impact on French government and society.
WH2.40District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the social, political and economic factors that contributed to the Haitian Revolution, and evaluate the impact of the Haitian revolution on Haiti and global events.