Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754

AP United States History
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor (1882)
Caption: Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor (1882) by William Halsall. The Pilgrims' arrival in 1620 launched English settlement in New England. Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Timeline

Key themes

Colonial founding and motivations

Three colonial regions

Transatlantic trade and mercantilism

Triangular trade map
Caption: Map of the triangular trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA 3.0, Sémhur)

Slavery in the colonies

Slave ship Brookes diagram (1788)
Caption: Diagram of the slave ship Brookes (1788), showing how enslaved Africans were stowed. Source: Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Native American interactions

Colonial society and culture

Primary sources

John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity" (1630)

Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative (1789)

William Penn, Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (1682)

Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741)

Key figures

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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