APUSH 2.1 Contextualizing Period 2

  • Recall that you will need to be able to explain change over time and/or continuities with earlier historical developments
  • You should also be able to identify similarities and differences among historical differences in different regions or time periods
  • Europeans came to the new world for various reasons
    • Some thought land, resources, and natives people were prime for conquest
  • As different groups settled, regional differences regarding environments, economics, culture, and demographics became more apparent
  • A large part of the British domination of the colonies was its ultimate control of the Transatlantic slave trade
    • The British colonies relied on enslaved Africans to perform the bulk of the labor to develop their permanence in the New World