Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Identify and describe a historical context for a specific historical development or process.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain a historical concept, development, or process.

Economic and Commercial Developments

Economic development, especially the development of capitalism, played an important role in Europe’s history, often having significant social, political, and cultural effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Continuity and Change

Identify patterns among orconnections between historical developments and processes.

Economic and Commercial Developments

Economic development, especially the development of capitalism, played an important role in Europe’s history, often having significant social, political, and cultural effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Continuity and Change

Explain a historical concept, development, or process.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Continuity and Change

Explain the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience of a source.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Identify and describe a claim and/or argument in a text-based or non-text-based source.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Identify patterns among or connections between historical developments and processes

Suggested Historical Skill: Comparison

Support an argument using specific and relevant evidence.

• Describe specific examples of historically relevant evidence.
• Explain how specific examples of historically relevant evidence support an argument.