Period 2 APUSH

What was the primary economic activity in the Southern colonies during Period 2?

Agriculture, particularly the cultivation of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.

What was the primary labor source in the Southern colonies?

Initially, indentured servants, but increasingly replaced by enslaved Africans.

How did the relationship between England and its colonies evolve during this period?

England increasingly sought to exert greater control over the colonies through mercantilist policies and stricter enforcement of trade regulations, leading to growing colonial resentment.

What was the Great Awakening?

A series of religious revivals that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, characterized by passionate preaching and a focus on individual religious experience. It increased religious diversity and challenged traditional authority.