Dive into AP US History Period 2 (1607-1754) with this foundational episode of Full AP Course Review. We contextualize the era's explosive European rivalries, mercantilism, religious upheavals, and the emergence of distinct colonial regions—from Puritan New England to plantation-heavy South. Unpack the shift from indentured servitude to chattel slavery, Native resistance, and how these forces built the bedrock of American history.

• European background: Mercantilism, imperial competition, Protestant Reformation
• Three colonial regions: New England (Puritan communities, small farms), Middle (diverse "breadbasket"), Chesapeake/South (plantations, cash crops)
• Labor transformation: Indentured servants to race-based slavery post-Bacon's Rebellion
• Indigenous agency: King Philip's War,  ...