Becoming Americans

Becoming Americans. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Becoming Americans. Learn about Becoming Americans. Discover a new world with Columbus, and witness America's exploration, colonization, and development through the pre-Revolutionary period.
• Learn why the colonists began to revolt against the tyranny of King George III and learn how they came to rely on themselves instead of England.
• Examine the events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the transformation of the colonists into free Americans.
• See why the failure of the Articles of Confederation led to a new document that would provide a strong federal government: the Constitution.
• Explore what life was like for colonial families in the city, on the plantation, and on the frontier.
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