Syllabus

Mrs. Baker

8th Grade/U.S. History

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Exploration and Discovery

   a. European background

   b. Columbus and other European Explorers

   c. Colonies are established

England in Charge

   a. Colonial Life

   b. England in control

   c. Colonial Dissatisfaction

Revolution

   a. The Causes of  the Revolution

   b. The Revolutionary War

   c. Colonial break from England

Setting up a Government

     a. Decisions and attempts

     b. The U.S. Consrtitution

The Nation's Beginnings

      a. Unity

      b. Expansion

      c. Political Struggles

The Nation Divides

      a. Causes of the Civil War

      b. The U. S. Civil War