The+Road+to+Revolution

__**MA Learning Standards:**__

A. 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. B. how freedom from European feudalism and aristocracy and the widespread ownership of property fostered individualism and contributed to the Revoluion
 * USI.1** Explain the political and economic factors that contributed to the American Revolution. (H, C)

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


 * USI.4** Analyze how Americans resisted British policies before 1775 and analyze the reasons for the American victory and the British defeat during the Revolutionary war. (H)

A. the Boston Massacre B. the Boston Tea Party C. the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill D. Sam Adams, John Adams, and John Hancock
 * USI.5** Explain the role of Massachusetts in the revolution including important events that took place in Massachusetts and important leaders from Massachusetts. (H)