Period 1&2

🟤 Period 1: 1491–1607

Native Societies & Early Contact

* Native Americans (pre-Columbian societies)

* Columbian Exchange

* French / Spanish / English relationship with Native Americans

* Enslaved labor (early beginnings)

* European exploration and conquest

* Causes and effects of early European colonization

🟠 Period 2: 1607–1754

Colonization & British North America

* Jamestown

* Massachusetts Bay Colony

* House of Burgesses

* Mayflower Compact

* Mercantilism

* Navigation Acts

* Enslaved labor (expansion)

* Bacon’s Rebellion

* King Philip’s War

* New England / Mid-Atlantic / Southern Colonies (comparison)

* French / Spanish / English Colonies (comparison)

* First Great Awakening

* Republican Motherhood (early roots)