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Open Topic notesTopic 2.1 · AP U.S. History
Contextualizing Period 2
Place colonial growth within continuing Indigenous sovereignty, competing European empires, distinct English regions, Atlantic commerce and slavery, and developing political and religious cultures.
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Connect permanent colonial settlement after 1607 to the Atlantic transformations and imperial rivalries established during Period 1.
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Explain how Indigenous sovereignty, environment, migration, labor, and markets shaped competing empires and distinct English colonial regions.
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Contextualize the growth of Atlantic slavery, representative institutions, religious diversity, and intercolonial exchange through 1754.
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