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8.1 Founding A Nation
Major events and significance - Founding of a Nation
Great Awakening, Declaration of Independence, American Revolution
THE COMPLETE 8.1
8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy
- Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.
- Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights").
- Analyze how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France.
- Describe the nation's blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.