mation, the threats to the English monarchy and the growing role of trade in Euro- pean economies. Through a focus on the individual 13 colonies and their different objectives, characters, and populations, students will acquire a vivid sense of Colonial Amer- ica and the tensions within it. These tensions include attitudes toward Native Americans’ rights, differing stances on the enslavement of Africans, dependence on British protection from territorial threats, and reluctance to pay ever-increasing taxes to the Crown. Students will trace the history of how these very different colonies eventually united in the struggle for independence from Great Britain. The causes of the American Revolution were several. Students will identify the primary and secondary causes of the Revolution and note the strong loyalist ten- dencies within the colonies. Students will examine what decisions and actions by the British crown formed the “tipping point” in favor of the American Revolution. New York City students will study primary and secondary sources and learn about life in the Bronx during the Colonial period and the American Revolution. They will receive one ZOOM or Google Meets class visit from a professional histo- rian who is an expert on the American Revolution and who can answer their ques- tions and discuss the period with them. They will work in small groups to produce written arguments in support of the colonists’ quest for independence. Meanwhile, a school in England will be following a similar process in research- ing the British crown and parliament’s response to the American colonies in the years leading up to the American Revolution. The British students will use pri- mary and secondary sources to understand both the British and the Americans’ perspectives on the colonists’ demands. The British students will work in small groups to produce written arguments in support of the crown’s stance that the colonies belonged to Great Britain and had no right to rebel.
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