The+American+Colonies

__**MA Learning Standards:**__


 * USI.1** Explain the political and economic factors that contributed to the American Revolution. (H, C)
 * the impact on the colonies of the French and Indian War, including how the war led to an overhaul of British imperial policy from 1763 to 1775.
 * how freedom from European feudalism and aristocracy and the widespread ownership of property fostered individualism and contributed to the Revoluion


 * USI.2** Explain the historical and intellectual influences on the American Revolution and the formation and framework of the American government. (H, C)
 * the political theories of such European philosophers as Locke and Montesquieu