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Thomas Paine and the Message of Common Sense
Summarize how Thomas Paine's pamphlet persuaded colonists to support complete independence.
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Causes of the American Revolution
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Explain the economic, political, and philosophical disputes between Great Britain and the American colonies that sparked the Revolution.
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SS.4.5West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate and recognize people as consumers and as producers of goods, and the effects of competition and supply-demand on prices through projects (e.g., developing budgets or products in simulated situations, etc.).
SS.4.6West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDetermine jobs that are needed according to supply and demand on a national level.
SS.4.11West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesPlan and construct maps to demonstrate the effect of geographic conditions on historical processes, practices and events (e.g., colonization, industry, agriculture, major engagements in the Revolutionary War, Westward Expansion, etc.).