Content Specification - SS.4.3.d.1:
Students will examine issues of political and economic rights that led to the American Revolution.

Content Specification - SS.4.3.d.2:
Students will examine New York’s geographic location relative to the other colonies, locate centers of Loyalist support, and examine the extent of the British occupation.

Content Specification - SS.4.3.d.3:
Students will explore why African Americans volunteered to fight with the British during the war.

Content Specification - SS.4.3.d.4:
Students will investigate the strategically important battles of Long Island and Saratoga and why the Battle of Saratoga is considered by many to be a turning point. A turning point can be an event in history that brought about significant change.