The American Revolution


Students explore the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Revolution. They analyze the Declaration of Independence as an example of Enlightenment influence on the American Revolution. Then they elaborate on whether they would have supported American independence if they were alive at the time, and why, taking into account Enlightenment ideas.

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Overview

In this experience, students explore the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Revolution. They analyze the Declaration of Independence as an example of Enlightenment influence on the American Revolution. Then they elaborate on whether they would have supported American independence if they were alive at the time, and why, taking into account Enlightenment ideas.

This experience is best utilized in conjunction with the experience The Enlightenment.

Objectives

  • Describe the foundations of the American Revolution.
  • Analyze and explain the connection between the Enlightenment and the American Revolution.


You have probably studied the American Revolution at some point in your education. In this experience, you’ll focus on the connection between the Revolution and the ideas of the Enlightenment.

Objectives

  • Describe the foundations of the American Revolution.
  • Analyze and explain the connection between the Enlightenment and the American Revolution.


drawing of soldiers on one side shooting soldiers on the other side

“The Bloody Massacre,” Engraving by Paul Revere, 1770


Think of three facts you know about the American Revolution. They can be major or minor; they can be serious or amusing or both.


Write your three facts quickly, without stopping to criticize your choices.



To prepare students for the next scene, you might make the point that the American Revolution grew out of the ideas of previous times and that in turn, it affected the ideas and actions of people who came after it in places beyond the United States.


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