Unit 2: The Principles of the American Revolution: The Ideas and Events That Led to Change
Constitution 101 with Khan Academy
Watch videos about the principles and ideas that drove the American Revolution, including liberty, equality, the pursuit of happiness, popular sovereignty, the rule of law, natural rights, and social contract theory, and learn the constitutional story of the American Revolution.
Videos in Playlist: 28
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Videos in Unit 2 Playlist
- What does the Declaration of Independence mean by "liberty?"
(Run time: 2:20 minutes)
- Where did the founders get the idea of the rule of law?
(Run time: 2:59 minutes)
- What did the founders mean by natural rights?
(Run time: 3:46 minutes)
- What's the connection between social contract theory and a limited government?
(Run time: 2:28)
- What did the founders learn from Algernon Sidney?
(Run time: 3:24)
- Why did the founders think that virtue was so important to the success of a republic?
(Run time: 2:18)
- How does the American idea unite us?
(Run time: 2:20)
- How did Thomas Paine's Common Sense shape the American Revolution?
(Run time: 3:01)
- How do the colonists get from the Coercive Acts to Revolution?
(Run time: 4:31)
- How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
(Run time: 4:42)
- Why was the Boston Tea Party an important part in the story of the American Revolution?
(Run time: 3:49)
- Why was the Stamp Act an important part of the story of the American Revolution?
(Run time: 4:03)
- How did the American colonists feel about King George III before the American Revolution?
(Run time: 2:47)
