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Unit: Period 3: 1754-1800

APUSH:
ARC (Theme)
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MIG (Theme)
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NAT (Theme)
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PCE (Theme)
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SOC (Theme)
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WOR (Theme)

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The Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War)

APUSH:
KC‑3.1.I.A (KC)
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KC‑3.1.I.B (KC)
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KC‑3.1.I.C (KC)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective B
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WOR (Theme)
Learn
The Seven Years' War: background and combatants
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The Seven Years' War: battles and legacy
(Opens a modal)
Pontiac's uprising
(Opens a modal)
Seven Years' War: lesson overview
(Opens a modal)
Practice
Seven Years' WarGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Taxation without representation

APUSH:
KC‑3.1.II.A (KC)
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KC‑3.1.II.B (KC)
,
KC‑3.1.II.C (KC)
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KC‑3.1.II.D (KC)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective C
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WOR (Theme)
Learn
The Townshend Acts and the committees of correspondence
(Opens a modal)
Uproar over the Stamp Act
(Opens a modal)
The Boston Massacre
(Opens a modal)
The Boston Tea Party
(Opens a modal)
The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress
(Opens a modal)
Taxation without representation: lesson overview
(Opens a modal)
Practice
Taxation without representationGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Philosophical foundations of the American Revolution

APUSH:
KC‑3.2.I.A (KC)
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KC‑3.2.I.B (KC)
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NAT (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective D
Learn
The Second Continental Congress
(Opens a modal)
The Declaration of Independence
(Opens a modal)
Practice
Philosophical foundations of the American RevolutionGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

The American Revolution

APUSH:
KC‑3.1.II.E (KC)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective E
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WOR (Theme)
Learn
Lexington and Concord
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The American Revolution: lesson overview
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Practice
The American RevolutionGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 1

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The influence of revolutionary ideals

APUSH:
KC‑3.2.I.C (KC)
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KC‑3.2.I.D (KC)
,
KC‑3.2.I.E (KC)
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SOC (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective F
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Unit 3: Learning Objective G
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WOR (Theme)
Learn
Women in the American Revolution
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Social consequences of revolutionary ideals
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Latin American independence movements
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Practice
Social consequences of revolutionary idealsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

The Articles of Confederation

APUSH:
KC‑3.2.II.A (KC)
,
KC‑3.2.II.B (KC)
,
KC‑3.3.I.C (KC)
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PCE (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective H
Learn
The Articles of Confederation
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Shays's Rebellion
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Challenges of the Articles of Confederation
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Practice
Articles of ConfederationGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

The Constitutional Convention and debates over ratification

APUSH:
KC‑3.2.II.C.i (KC)
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KC‑3.2.II.D (KC)
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KC‑3.2.II.E (KC)
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PCE (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective I
Learn
The Constitutional Convention
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The Constitutional Convention
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Constitutional compromises: The Electoral College
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Constitutional compromises: The Three-Fifths Compromise
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The Federalist Papers
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The Bill of Rights
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Practice
The Constitutional Convention and debates over ratificationGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

The Constitution

APUSH:
KC‑3.2.II.C.ii (KC)
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PCE (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective J
Learn
The US Constitution
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Practice
ConstitutionGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 2

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Shaping a new republic

APUSH:
KC‑3.2.III.A (KC)
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KC‑3.2.III.B (KC)
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KC‑3.3.I.D (KC)
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KC‑3.3.I.E (KC)
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KC‑3.3.II.A (KC)
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KC‑3.3.II.B (KC)
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KC‑3.3.II.C (KC)
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PCE (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective K
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Unit 3: Learning Objective L
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WOR (Theme)
Learn
The presidency of George Washington
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The presidency of John Adams
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Shaping a new republic: lesson overview
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Practice
Shaping a new republicGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Developing an American identity

APUSH:
ARC (Theme)
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KC‑3.2.III.D (KC)
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KC‑3.2.III.ii (KC)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective M
Learn
John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence
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Practice
Developing an American identityGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Movement in the early republic

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KC‑3.2.III.C (KC)
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KC‑3.3.I.A (KC)
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KC‑3.3.I.B (KC)
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MIG (Theme)
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SOC (Theme)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective N
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Unit 3: Learning Objective O
Learn
Regional attitudes about slavery, 1754-1800
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Practice
Movement in the early republicGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Continuity and change in Period 3

APUSH:
KC‑3.1 (KC)
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KC‑3.1.I (KC)
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KC‑3.1.II (KC)
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KC‑3.2 (KC)
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KC‑3.2.I (KC)
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KC‑3.2.II (KC)
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KC‑3.2.III.i (KC)
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KC‑3.3 (KC)
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KC‑3.3.I (KC)
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KC‑3.3.II (KC)
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Unit 3: Learning Objective P
Learn
Continuity and change in American society, 1754-1800
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About this unit

From colony to nation. Explore the dramatic events that separated the United States from Britain and the trials of the young republic and its citizens.
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