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Standard 4.2.P

4.2.P Analyze the sequence of events that led to the establishment of the U.S. as a democratic republic.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Birth Of The Constitution | History in a Nutshell
Episode 1

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After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come to...
Bill Of Rights Bicentennial | 27:Fifty (1992)
Episode 1

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The U.S. Constitution has become a model for developing governments around the world. Four signers of the Constitution were South Carolinians. Dr. Harry Lightsey, president of the College of...
Lesson 13
Episode 13

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Basic concepts of The American Revolution are given as well as events in South Carolina related to those concepts in the rest of the country at that time.
Old Powder Magazine | History of SC Slide Collection
Old Powder Magazine | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 7

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The "old powder magazine," built in 1703 as part of the northwest bastion of the city's original fortifications, was a storage area for arms as Charleston prepared for the Revolutionary War. Courtesy...
Fort Moultrie I | History of SC Slide Collection
Fort Moultrie I | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

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The heroic defense of the fort on Sullivan's Island from a determined attack in June 1776, by a British Fleet under Sir Peter Parker (see Sir Peter Parker) gave South Carolina its state symbol. The...