Dive into AP US History Unit 2 (Period 2: 1607–1754) with a comprehensive contextualization of colonial foundations. This episode sets the stage for European rivalries, mercantilism, regional differences, labor shifts to slavery, and Indigenous interactions that shaped America's early development. Master the historical thinking skill of contextualization to ace AP exam questions.

• European background: Mercantilism, imperial competition, Protestant Reformation
• Three colonial regions: New England (Puritan communities), Middle (diverse breadbasket), Chesapeake/South (plantations)
• Labor transformation: Indentured servitude to race-based chattel slavery post-Bacon's Rebellion
• Indigenous resistance: King Philip's War, Pueblo Revolt, disease impacts
• Contextualization skill: Li ...