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Causation in Period 2

AP United States History
The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion (1676)
Caption: Engraving of the burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion (1676). This event is a key causation chain: class tensions led to rebellion, which led planters to shift from indentured servitude to race-based slavery.

Core cause-and-effect chains

Practicing causation on the AP exam

Vocabulary

Unit 2 topics

Unit 2 overview2.1Contextualizing Period 22.10Causation in Period 22.2European Colonization2.3The Regions of British Colonies2.4Transatlantic Trade2.5Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans2.6Slavery in the British Colonies2.7Colonial Society and Culture2.8Comparison in Period 22.9Continuity and Change in Period 2
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