2.9

Continuity and Change in Period 2

AP United States History
Stowage of the British slave ship Brookes (1788)
Caption: Diagram of the slave ship Brookes showing how enslaved Africans were packed below deck. The shift from indentured servitude to chattel slavery was one of the biggest changes in Period 2.

What changed in Period 2

What stayed the same (continuities)

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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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