Explore how the aftermath of the French and Indian War and early British taxation policies sparked organized colonial resistance and unity.

Describe the essential civic duties and voluntary responsibilities of United States citizens in a constitutional republic.

Compare daily life across colonial social classes and analyze changing British-Indigenous territorial disputes and inherent tribal sovereignty.

Compare regional colonial economies, understand the labor systems of indentured servitude and slavery, and evaluate the impacts of the triangular trade.

Evaluate the structure and challenges of the Articles of Confederation and explain the crises that led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Explain the major debates, compromises, and leadership roles at the Constitutional Convention, as well as the foundational purposes of the Constitution.

Understand European motivations for colonizing North America and analyze the successes, hardships, and turning points of the Jamestown settlement.