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Kentucky Statehood DBQ
Why did Kentucky break away from Virginia?
Why did Kentucky break away from Virginia? Students weigh petitions, a closed Mississippi River, frontier defense, and the Spanish Conspiracy to decide what finally pushed Kentuckians to form the 15th state.
Grade 8Kentucky HistoryGoogle Slides3 class periodsComing soon
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- Teacher presentation (16 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (30 pages) with documents, organizers, writing task, rubric and answer key
- Scaffolded version (15 pages)
The documents
- The Danville Convention Petition (1784)
- Kentucky and the Jay–Gardoqui Treaty (1786)
- Frontier Defense and Virginia's Slow Response (1780s)
- James Wilkinson and the Spanish Conspiracy (1787)
- Virginia's Act of Separation (1789)
- Kentucky's First Constitution (1792)
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 class periods
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 8: 8.C.KGO.1, 8.C.PR.1, 8.G.KGE.1, 8.H.KH.1, 8.I.Q, 8.I.UE, 8.I.CC