MALACHI MOSS APUSH PERIOD 2

Period 2: 1607-1754

Key Concepts:

  • Key Concept 2.1: European colonization and migration patterns varied based on imperial goals, cultures, and North American environments. Competition for resources occurred between Europeans and American Indians.
    • The varied goals, cultures, and environments influenced the colonization patterns.
    • Competition for resources was a significant aspect of interactions.
  • Key Concept 2.2: British colonies participated in political, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain, fostering both stronger bonds and resistance to British control.
    • Exchanges with Great Britain created both stronger bonds and resistance.
    • Colonies had diverging goals/interests compared to imperial control, leading to growing conflict.

Themes:

  • America & National Identity (NAT)
  • Work, Exchange, & Technology (WXT)
  • Geography & the Environment (GEO)
  • Migration & Settlement (MIG)
  • Politics and Power (PCE)
  • America in the World (WOR)
  • American & Regional Culture (ARC)
  • Social Structures (SOC)

Details to Know:

  1. Causes and Effects of Spanish exploration
  2. Causes and Effects of Dutch exploration
  3. Causes and Effects of French exploration
  4. Causes and Effects of British exploration
  5. Use of tobacco in Chesapeake and Carolinas
    • Tobacco cultivation significantly shaped the economy and society of these regions.
  6. New England colonies development: religion, family, mixed economy
    • Religion (e.g., Puritanism) heavily influenced the development.
    • Family structure and values played a crucial role.
    • A mixed economy, combining agriculture, commerce, and shipbuilding, characterized the region.
  7. Middle colonies focus on exports of wheats and cultural diversity
    • Wheat exports were a key economic feature.
    • Cultural diversity was more pronounced compared to other regions.
  8. Southern colonies plantation economy with African slave labor
    • Plantation agriculture was the dominant economic system.
    • African slave labor was fundamental to the plantation economy. The impact of slave labor varied across the British colonies.
  9. Causes and Effects of Transatlantic Slave Trade
    • The transatlantic slave trade had profound demographic, economic, and social consequences.
  10. Mercantilist policies of the British
    • Mercantilism aimed to benefit the mother country through controlled trade.
  11. Varying interactions with indigenous from Europeans (compare them)
    • Different European powers had distinct approaches to interacting with indigenous populations.
  12. Conflicts with indigenous: Metacom's War (King Philip's War)
    • Metacom's War was a major conflict between colonists and Native Americans.
  13. Spanish accommodation following conflict with indigenous (Pueblo Revolt)
    • The Pueblo Revolt led to some accommodation by the Spanish towards indigenous practices.
  14. Impact of slave labor in various regions of British colonies
  15. First Great Awakening & Enlightenment
    • The First Great Awakening was a religious revival movement.
    • The Enlightenment emphasized reason and individualism.
  16. Anglicization
    • Anglicization refers to the process of adopting English culture and norms.
    • Loyalty to the Crown and Anglicization represented continuities during the period.
  17. Growing conflict due to colonial resistance to imperial control & diverging goals/interests
    • Colonial resistance to imperial control increased over time.

Events & People:

  • Jamestown founded
  • "City on a Hill"
  • Halfway Covenant
  • Bacon's Rebellion
  • Two Treatises on Government
  • Pilgrims land
  • English Revolution
  • King Philip's War
  • Pueblo Revolt
  • Navigation Acts
  • Sir William Berkeley on response to Bacon's Rebellion
  • New England town meetings
  • Southern legislatures
  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Queen Anne's War
  • Poor Richard's Almanack
  • Growth of indentured servitude
  • New Orleans established
  • Zenger Trial
  • First Great Awakening
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God sermon by Jonathan Edwards
  • Pocahontas
  • Roger Williams

Documents to Know:

  • Navigation Acts
  • Sir William Berkeley on response to Bacon's Rebellion
  • "City Upon a Hill" speech
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God sermon by Jonathan Edwards
  • Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack
  • Charters for the founding of colonies
    • Have a general understanding of colonial legislatures-town hall meetings in New England and southern legislatures
  • Salem Witch trials

Continuities:

  • Conflict over North American continent
  • Loyal to the Crown/ Anglicization
  • Representative government
  • Regional differences
  • Conflicts with Natives
  • Competition over resources

Changes:

  • Enlightenment ideas
  • First Great Awakening
  • Population changes
  • Relationships between European powers
  • Colonial challenges to imperial rule