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WAPUSH: Period 2: Colonization and Impact on Women’s Experiences (1492-1775)

Resources for students and teachers interested in the creation of an AP Women's U.S. History course

2.1: Contextualizing Period 2

2.2: Antinomianism and American Individualism

2.3: Colonial influence on women

2.4: Gender and sexuality in early America

2.5: Dissent in the colonial era

2.6: Impact of the Great Awakenings and the Enlightenment on women's activism