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The Declaration of Independence and Natural Rights
Analyze the philosophical arguments of natural rights, popular sovereignty, and grievance redress articulated in July 1776.
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Early America: Colonization and the American Revolution
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Analyze the social, economic, and political factors leading from European colonization and the French and Indian War to American independence.
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SS8.1.3Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeExplain the historical development of the United States Constitution and treaties (e.g., 1868 Fort Bridger Treaty) and how they have shaped the United States, and Wyoming, and tribal government.
SS8.4.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe how historical events impact the future (cause and effect) and how change spreads to other places (e.g., spread of industrial revolution or causes of the Civil War, impacts of Manifest Destiny, aftermath of French and Indian War, and progression of Indian Removal Act).