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Unit 2, Period 2 (1607 to 1754): Colonial America

8 dot points across 8 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How did distinct social, political, religious, and intellectual cultures develop in the British colonies?

How can we compare the colonizing patterns and colonial societies of Period 2, and how do historians reason about comparison?

What broad forces shaped the establishment of European colonies in North America after 1607?

How and why did the Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonize North America differently?

How did relations between Native Americans and European colonists evolve through trade, alliance, and conflict?

How and why did chattel slavery develop in the British colonies, and how did the enslaved resist?

How and why did the British colonial regions develop into distinct societies?

How did transatlantic trade and mercantilism bind the colonies to Britain and the wider Atlantic world?