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Open Topic notesTopic 2.8 · AP U.S. History
Comparison in Period 2
Compare how imperial goals, environments, migration, labor, Native diplomacy, Atlantic exchange, regional culture, and political institutions produced distinct colonial societies by 1754.
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Compare Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonization through matched categories of goals, settlement, labor, religion, government, and Native relations.
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Explain why New England, Middle Colony, Chesapeake, and Lower South societies developed differently while remaining connected through the British Atlantic economy.
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Construct a defensible Period 2 comparison using specific evidence, an explained basis of comparison, and historically accurate qualifications.
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