American History I: The Founding Principles will begin with the
European exploration of the new world through Reconstruction. Students will examine the historical and intellectual origins of the United States
from European exploration and colonial settlement to the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras. Students will learn about the important political and
economic factors that contributed to the development of colonial America and the outbreak of the American Revolution as well as the consequences
of the Revolution, including the writing and key ideas of the U.S. Constitution. American History I: The Founding Principles will guide students
as they study the establishment of political parties, America’s westward expansion, the growth of sectional conflict, how that sectional conflict led to
the Civil War, and the consequences of the Civil War, including Reconstruction.