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Open Topic notesTopic 2.5 · AP U.S. History
Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans
Explain how Native sovereignty, European rivalry, trade, religion, disease, land pressure, diplomacy, and warfare produced both accommodation and conflict from 1607 to 1754.
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Compare French, Dutch, Spanish, and British relationships with Native nations through trade, missionization, settlement, diplomacy, and warfare.
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Explain how Native nations used commerce, geography, alliances, and imperial rivalry to defend sovereignty and pursue their own goals.
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Analyze why land pressure and colonial coercion produced conflicts including the Pequot War, Metacom's War, Pueblo Revolt, and Yamasee War.
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