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A Free Presentation on Contextualizing Period 2 for AP U.S. History
Between 1607 and 1754, the Americas underwent significant transformation as European colonization intensified. The period began with the...
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FREE Presentations for AP U.S. History Period 2: 1607 to 1754
This page contains links to all of the suggested topics within AP U.S. History Period 2: 1607 to 1754. These pages give you the...
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A Free Reading Passage on the New Laws of 1542 for AP U.S. History
The New Laws of 1542 are a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans topic in...
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A Free Reading Passage on Bartolomé de las Casas for AP U.S. History
Bartolomé de las Casas is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans topic in...
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A Free Reading Passage on the Taino Rebellion for AP U.S. History
The Taino Rebellion is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans topic in Period...
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A Free Reading Passage on the Mixtón War for AP U.S. History
The Mixtón War is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans topic in Period 1 of...
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A Free Reading Passage on Mayan Resistance to Spanish Colonization for AP U.S. History
Mayan resistance to Spanish colonization is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and...
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A Free Reading Passage on Women’s Roles in Native American Tribes for AP U.S. History
Women’s roles in Native American tribes is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and...
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A Free Reading Passage on the Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers of Northern Maine and Canada for AP U.S. History
The nomadic hunter-gatherers of Northern Maine and Canada is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native...
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A Free Reading Passage on the Role of Women in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy for AP U.S. History
The role of women in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native...
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A Free Reading Passage on John Winthrop and the Doctrine of Discovery for AP U.S. History
John Winthrop and the Doctrine of Discovery is a referenced topic in the Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and...
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Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans for AP U.S. History
The interactions between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans during the colonial era were marked by complex cultural exchanges and...
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A Free Reading Passage on the Incorporation of Diverse Populations in Spanish Colonies for AP U.S. History
The incorporation of diverse populations in Spanish Colonies is a referenced topic in the Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish...
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A Free Reading Passage on the Slave Trade for AP U.S. History
The slave trade is a referenced topic in the Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System topic in Period 1 of AP U.S....
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A Free Reading Passage on the Encomienda System for AP U.S. History
The encomienda system in the New World is a referenced topic in the Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System topic in...
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Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System for AP U.S. History
The Spanish colonial system, a complex tapestry of exploitation and stratification, was marked by a rigid caste system, the brutal...
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A Free Reading Passage on Wheat in the New World for AP U.S. History
The effect of wheat in the New World is a referenced topic in the Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest topic in Period 1...
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A Free Reading Passage on Pigs in the New World for AP U.S. History
The effect of pigs in the New World is a referenced topic in the Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest topic in Period 1...
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A Free Reading Passage on Horses in the New World for AP U.S. History
The effect of horses in the New World is a referenced topic in the Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest topic in Period...
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A Free Reading Passage on Cattle in the New World for AP U.S. History
The effect of cattle in the New World is a referenced topic in the Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest topic in Period...
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