IB History of the Americas
Unit Plan
Independence Movements (1763 – 1830)
Name:
This section focuses on the various forces that contributed to the rise of the independence movements, the similar and
different paths that the movements followed and the immediate effects of independence in the region. It explores the
political, intellectual and military contributions of their leaders and the sometimes contradictory views that shaped the
emergence of the new nations.
Objective 2.1: Independence movements in the Americas: political, economic, social and religious causes; the influence
of Enlightenment ideas; the role of foreign intervention; conflicts and issues leading to war
Objective 2.2: Political, intellectual and military contributions of leaders to the process of independence: Washington,
Bolivar and San Martin
Objective 2.3: United States: processes leading to the Declaration of Independence; influence of ideas; nature of the
declaration; military campaigns/battles and their impact on the outcome
Objective 2.4: Latin America: characteristics of the independence processes; reasons for the similarities and differences
in two Latin American countries; military campaigns/battles and their impact on the outcome
Objective 2.5: Attitude of the United States towards Latin American independence; nature of, and reasons for, the
Monroe Doctrine
Objective 2.6: Impact of independence on the economies and societies of the Americas: economic cost of the wars of
independence; the establishment of new trade relations; impact on different social groups—specifically indigenous
peoples, African Americans, Creoles
Essential Questions:
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Were there any indications pre-1763 that North Americans wanted independence?
What caused the American Revolution?
What caused the American War of Independence?
What were the main causes of unrest in Latin America?
Which side of the American War for Independence had the greater advantages in 1776?
Why did Britain not win the American War for Independence in 1776–77?
To what extent did French and Spanish intervention have an impact on the American War for Independence?
Did Britain lose or America win the War of Independence?
How did the situation in Europe (1807– 12) affect developments in Latin America?
Why did Spain lose its American empire after 1816?
Why were Spain’s American colonies able to win independence?
How did Brazil achieve independence?
What was George Washington’s contribution to the American Revolution?
How important was John Adams to the process of independence?
Why was Thomas Jefferson important to the process of independence?
What was Bolívar’s contribution to the Wars of Liberation?
How important were San Martín and O’Higgins in the independence of Chile & Peru?
Which man had the greatest impact: George Washington or Simón Bolívar?
What role did the US and Britain play in Latin American independence in the early 1800s?
How important was the Monroe Doctrine in US relations with Latin America?
Why did Britain recognize South American independence ahead European powers?
What role did Britain play in the establishment of Brazilian independence?
What was the social, economic and political impact of the American Revolution?
How revolutionary was the (North) American Revolution?
What was the social, economic and political impact of the Wars of Liberation?
Key Concepts and Events / People:
Alexander Hamilton
Anti-Federalists
Articles of Confederation
Authoritarian
Benjamin Franklin
Bourbon Reforms
Cash crop
Caudillismo
Charter
Colonial aristocracy
Colony
Committees of Correspondence
Conquistadores
Constituent assembly
Constitutional monarchy
Continental army
Corporate colonies
Coup d’etat
Creoles
East India Company
Enlightenment
Federalists
Ferdinand VII
Free birth
Free trade
French and Indian War
General Charles Cornwallis
George Washington
Grito de Dolores
Hacienda
Hessians
House of Burgesses
Inquisition
James Madison
John Adams
John Dickinson
John Locke
Jose de San Martin
Juntas
King George III
Liberalism
Louisiana Purchase
Loyalist
Manumission laws
Mercantilism
Middle Colonies
Miguel Hidalgo
Minutemen
Mita
Monroe Doctrine
Nationalism
Nativism
Nortwest Ordinance
Oligarchy
Pan-Americanism
Patriot
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proprietary colonies
Protective tariff
Republicanism
Royal paternalism
Samuel Adams
Sedition Acts
Self-determination
Shays’ rebellion
Simon Bolivar
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act crisis
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Tories
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Viceroy
Yeoman farmers
Day
1
Date
10/28 (A) &
10/29 (B)
Reading Due
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Assignment Due
Source Analysis Outline for
IA: Section Two
In-Class Topic
Rise of independence movements in the
Americas
2
10/30 (A) &
11/2 (B)
American Pageant Ch. 7
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Rise of independence movements in the
Americas
3
11/3 (A) &
11/4 (B)
Keen and Haynes Ch. 7
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Rise of independence movements in the
Americas
11/5 (A) &
11/6 (B)
Bernstein “Inventing American
Diplomacy”
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4
11/9 (A) &
11/10 (B)
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5
6
11/12 (A) &
11/13 (B)
7
11/16 (A) &
11/17 (B)
Roche “The Founding Fathers…”
OR Young “The Framers of the
Constitution…”
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Group Presentations:
Leaders of the
Independence Movements
Socratic Seminar
Preparation Sheet for Roche
OR Young
Rough Draft of IA: Section
Two
Political, intellectual, and military
contributions of leaders to the process
of independence
Political, intellectual, and military
contributions of leaders to the process
of independence
Political, intellectual, and military
contributions of leaders to the process
of independence
Writing Lab: Section 2
8
11/18 (A) &
11/19 (B)
American Pageant Ch. 8
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Processes leading to and of the
American Revolution
9
11/20 (A) &
11/23 (B)
The Declaration of
Independence
Processes leading to and of the
American Revolution
10
11/24 (A) &
11/30 (B)
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The Declaration of
Independence (Reading
Guide)
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11
12/1 (A) &
12/2 (B)
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Writing Lab: Section 2
12/3 (A) &
12/4 (B)
Characteristics of the independence
processes in Latin America
13
12/7 (A) &
12/8 (B)
Armitage “The Declaration of
Independence in Global
Perspective”
Keen and Haynes Ch. 8
Draft of IA: Section Two
12
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Characteristics of the independence
processes in Latin America
12/9 (A) &
12/10 (B)
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14
Characteristics of the independence
processes in Latin America
15
12/11 (A) &
12/14 (B)
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Group Presentations: Latin
American Independence
Movements
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16
12/ 15 (A)
& 12/16 (B)
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Legacy of the Monroe
Doctrine
Attitude of the United States towards
Latin American independence
12/17 (A) &
12/18 (B)
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17
1/4 (A) &
1/5 (B)
Degler “A New Kind of
Revolution” OR Wood “The
Radicalism of the American
Revolution”
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Socratic Seminar
Preparation Sheet for
Degler OR Wood
Impact of independence on the
economies and societies of the
Americas
Impact of independence on the
economies and societies of the
Americas
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UNIT REVIEW
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UNIT EXAM
18
19
1/6 (A) &
1/7 (B)
20
1/8 (A) &
1/11 (B)
Processes leading to and of the
American Revolution
Attitude of the United States towards
Latin American independence