Learning Domain: VA/US History

Standard: The student will evaluate how key principles in the Declaration of Independence grew in importance to become unifying ideas of American political philosophy. Essential Understandings: The American Revolution was inspired by ideas concerning natural rights and political authority, and its successful completion affected people and governments throughout the world for many generations. The revolutionary generation formulated the political philosophy and laid the institutional foundations for the system of government under which Americans live. New political ideas about the relationship between people and their government helped to justify the Declaration of Independence.

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