American History
8th Grade
Chapter 5 focuses on events and governmental changes that helped set the stage for the American War of Independence. This war, also called the American Revolution, is the one in which America broke away from British Rule and began to unify itself, as one nation, under God.
The video link below gives you a 10 minute overview of the French and Indian War aka the 7 Years War in which American Colonists fought along side the British against the French.