America Wins Independence and Becomes a Nation

Use online videos to study the development of America and America gaining Independence. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use these online Elementary U.S. and American History videos entitled America Becoming a Nation to study the events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the transformation of the colonists into free Americans.

Learn about how the differences between the American colonists and the British set the stage for war. Use these 4 online educational videos to discover a new world with Columbus, and witness America's exploration, colonization, and development through the pre-Revolutionary period. Learn why the colonists began to revolt against the tyranny of King George III and learn how they came to rely on themselves instead of England. Examine the events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the transformation of the colonists into free Americans. See why the failure of the Articles of Confederation led to a new document that would provide a strong federal government: the Constitution.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn why the colonists began to revolt against the tyranny of King George III and learn how they came to rely on themselves instead of England.
• Examine the events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the transformation of the colonists into free Americans.
• See why the failure of the Articles of Confederation led to a new document that would provide a strong federal government: The Constitution.
• Experience what life was like for colonial families in the city, on the plantation and on the frontier

• History > Elementary American History > Becoming A Nation
• Becoming Americans (Runtime: 09:46)
• Winning Independence (Runtime: 10:09)
• Forming a Nation (Runtime: 08:58)
• Life in the Colonies (Runtime: 08:43)