Period 2 (1607-1754): Empires and Oppostion

Period 2: 1607-1754 (North American Societies in the Context of the Atlantic World)

AP Focus: 

Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged.

Key Concepts:

• • 2.1 Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources.

  • 2.2  The British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain's control.

 Historical Thinking Skills (9.4.1.2.1 to 9.4.1.2.2)

• Pose questions about topics in history; suggest possible answers and write a thesis; locate and organize primary and secondary sources; analyze them for credibility and bias; corroborate information across the sources; use sources to support or refute the thesis; and present supported findings/

• Evaluate alternative interpretations of historical events; use historical evidence to support or refute those interpretations.

State Standards (9.4.4.15.1 to 9.4.4.16.6)

• Compare and contrast selected examples of diverse societies that existed in North America prior to contact with Europeans; analyze their life ways, social organizations, political institutions, and the effect of their religious beliefs on environmental adaptations. (Before European Contact)

• Describe change over time in selected indigenous nations, including migration, trade and conflict. (Before European Contact) 

• Analyze the consequences of the transatlantic Columbian Exchange of peoples, animals, plants and pathogens on North American societies and ecosystems.(Colonization and Settlement: 1585-1763) 

• Compare and contrast the motivations for exploration, conquest and colonization in North America by different European nations. (Colonization and Settlement: 1585-1763)

• Identify the varied economic, political and religious motives of free and indentured European immigrants who settled in North America. (Colonization and Settlement: 1585-1763)

• Explain the origin and growth of the Atlantic slave trade; describe its demographic, economic, and political impact on West Africa, Europe, and the Americas (North America, Caribbean, Central and South America), including the impact on enslaved Africans. (Colonization and Settlement: 1585-1763)

• Analyze the impact of European colonization within North America on indigenous nations; analyze the impact of indigenous nations on colonization. (Colonization and Settlement: 1585-1763)

• Compare and contrast the development of regional economies and labor systems in the British North American colonies (New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies), including regional differences in the experiences of indentured servants, enslaved Africans and indigenous people.  (Colonization and Settlement: 1585-1763)