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The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress
Investigate Britain's punitive Coercive Acts and how colonial delegates responded through the First Continental Congress.
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Causes of the American Revolution
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Analyze the political, economic, and ideological factors that led British colonists in America to declare independence.
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SS.5.16West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesIllustrate the effects of settlement on the environment of the West, (e.g., changes in the physical and human systems, etc.).
SS.5.22West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDemonstrate an understanding of the advances in transportation and its effect on Western Expansion. • Illustrate how railroads affected development of the West (e.g., ease of travel, influence on trade and impact on environment, etc.). • Compare and contrast conflicts between various groups in the West (e.g., miners, ranchers, cowboys, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and European and Asian immigrants, etc.).