AP U.S. HISTORY
UNIT 2 COLONIAL PERIOD 1607-1754
OUT OF MANY Text Reading:
Chapter 3 = Planting Colonies in North America
Chapter 5 = The Cultures of Colonial North America
AP U.S. KEY CONCEPTS
Key Concept 2.1: Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration
patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North
American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other
and American Indians for resources.
Key Concept 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.
KEY TERMS by TOPIC & HISTORICAL THEME
PROCESS use OUT OF MANY, USHISTORY.ORG, or “vetted” research sites on the PVHS library
webpage.
EVENTS/THINGS, define WHAT/WHEN and explain HOW it applies to the TOPIC & THEME.
PEOPLE, define WHO/WHAT/WHY and explain HOW the person impacts the TOPIC & THEME.
MUST INCLUDE EXACT CITATIONS (URL OR TEXT PAGE #s)
Save as UNIT Two Colonial Period in your AP U.S. Folder, Submit by email attachment.
RELIGION (CUL)
Act of Toleration
Roger Williams/Providence/Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson/antinomianism
Halfway Covenant
William Penn/Quakers/Holy Experiment/Charter of Liberties
First Great Awakening/Jonathan Edwards/George Whitefield
CROPS (GEO)
Rice plantations
Tobacco farms
Subsistence farming
LABOR (WXT)
indentured servants
Headright system
triangular trade/middle passage/slavery
EARLY SETTLEMENTS (MIG)
Jamestown/Captain John Smith/John Rolfe & Pocahontas
Mayflower/separatists/Pilgrims/Plymouth colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony/Puritans/John Winthrop/Great Migration
Virginia
Connecticut
New Hampshire
LATER SETTLEMENTS (MIG)
The Carolinas
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Georgia/James Oglethorpe
CONFLICT (MIG)
Wampanoags/Metacom/King Philip’s War
SELF-RULE (POL)
Mayflower Compact
theocracy
Virginia House of Burgesses
Sir William Berkeley/Bacon’s Rebellion
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639
Salutory neglect
New England Confederation/frame of government
AUTHORITY (WOR)
Corporate colonies
Royal colonies
Proprietary colonies
Chesapeake colonies
Joint-stock company
Virginia Company
ROYAL AUTHORITY (WOR)
mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Dominion of New England/Sir Edmund Andros
GOVERNMENT (POL)
John Peter Zenger
Enlightenment
Unit Objectives /Big Questions
1) What were the cultural, political, and economic conditions in the colonies?
Describe these conditions for New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
2) What “democratic” principles developed in the colonies between 1607-1763?
3) Was religion a dividing force and unifying force in the English colonies?
4) What “cross cultural” exchange occurred between Europeans and Native Americans?
5) Why was there a labor shortage in the colonies and how did the English try to solve it?
6) What aspects of discontent emerged in the 17th century colonies? How did the discontent
impact both economically and socially the colonies?
Individual Colonial Project
You will create a “graphic” (map) depiction of one region New England, Middle, or Southern
colonies in which you categorize all the Political, Economic, and Cultural aspects in captions of
the region. Your depiction will include all Unit Two key terms for your region. Your project
analysis must “stand alone,” meaning a viewer can read it and understand fully without any
additional information, (like a museum exhibit.)