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Thomas Paine's Common Sense and Revolutionary Ideas
Analyze excerpts from Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense to explain how its arguments persuaded colonists to support complete separation from Britain.
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The Road to Independence: Causes of the American Revolution
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Analyze the British policies, colonial protests, and Enlightenment ideals that led American colonists to declare independence.
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U.S. I Standard 3.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will use primary sources to identify the significant events, ideas, people, and methods used to justify or resist the Revolutionary movement.
U.S. I Standard 3.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will use primary sources to compare the contributions of key people and groups to the Revolution, such as Paul Revere, Thomas Paine, Abigail Adams, the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, and Thomas Jefferson.