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Contradictions of the Revolution: Slavery and Unfree Laborers
Assess the paradox of fighting for liberty while maintaining chattel slavery, and examine Lord Dunmore's Proclamation and Black loyalists.
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Fighting the Revolutionary War: Campaigns, Alliances, and Peace
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Analyze the military strategies, turning points, foreign contributions, and concluding peace settlement of the American Revolutionary War, along with the social contradictions of the era.
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USI.T1.1Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeAnalyze the economic, intellectual, and cultural forces that contributed to the American Revolution.
USI.T1.5Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeExplain the main argument of the Declaration of Independence, the rationale for seeking independence, and its key ideas on equality, liberty, natural rights, and the rule of law.
USI.T1.6Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the key battles of the Revolution (e.g., Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown); the winter encampment at Valley Forge; and key leaders and participants of the Continental Army.