AP European History

Unit 1 – Renaissance & Exploration

Unit 2 – Reformation

Unit 3 – Absolutism & Constitutionalism

Unit 4 – Scientific, Philosophical, & Political Developments

Unit 5 – Conflict, Crisis, & Reaction in the Late 18th Century

Unit 6 – Industrialization & Its Effects

Unit 7 – 19th Century Perspectives & Political Developments

Unit 8 – 20th Century Global Conflicts

Unit 9 – Cold War & Contemporary Europe

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The Renaissance

New Monarchies

Overseas Expansion

Important Names

Unit 1 Overview: Renaissance and Exploration

What led to the beginning of the Renaissance? 

European Society at the time 👸

What led to the beginning of explorations? 

Words to Know

Context of the Renaissance

Economic Effects

Social Effects

The Commercial Revolution

Effects of the Renaissance & Age of Discovery

Effects of the Colombian Exchange

Causation in the Renaissance and Age of Discovery

The Italian Renaissance

What led to the emergence of the Italian Renaissance? 

The Impact of the Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

The Northern Renaissance

The impact of the Northern Renaissance

Italian Renaissance vs. Northern Renaissance 

Italian Renaissance:

Northern Renaissance:

Naturalism 

Northern Renaissance

Effects of the Printing Press

Printing

The Development of New Political Institutions

Beginning of New Monarchies 

Important Terms: 

New Monarchies from 1450 to 1648

Factors That Aided European Exploration & Expansion

Political Economy and the exploration

The Effects of European exploration and expansion

Age of Exploration

Effects of European Expansion

Spain & Portugal

Dutch

France

The Conflicts 

Colonial Rivals

Economic Effects of European Colonialism

Social and Cultural Effects

Columbian Exchange

Development of the Slave Trade

Triangular Trade

The Middle Passage 

The Slave Trade

Protestant Reformation

Catholic Reformation

The Reformation and Politics

Major Religious Conflicts, 1450 to 1648

European Society, c. 1450 to c. 1648

European Art, c. 1450 to c. 1648

Unit 2 Overview: Age of Reformation

Pre-Luther Reformers and Reform Movements

Critiques of the Catholic Church

Economic Developments in the Age of Reformations

Political Developments in the Age of Reformations

Contextualizing 16th and 17th-Century Challenges and Developments

Martin Luther

John Calvin 

Responses to Luther and Calvin 

Protestant Beliefs

Compare and Contrast: Age of Reformation Religious Beliefs

Luther and the Protestant Reformation

The Printing Press 

What was the Printing Press?

What Role Did the Printing Press Play? 

State Over Church?

Protestant Reform Continues

German Religious Conflicts

German Peasants' War (1524–25) 

Schmalkaldic Wars (1546-47) and the Peace of Augsburg (1555)

French Religious Conflicts

French Wars of Religion (1562 - 1598)

“Paris is worth a mass.”

The Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648) 


The Thirty Years' War In Detail

Manipulative States

Spain: The Spanish Inquisition

England: Henry VIII Changes The Church

Rulers and Consorts of England

The End of an Era

Wars of Religion

Introduction

Vocabulary

Anathema

Jesuit Order

Index of Prohibited Books

Continuity and Change During This Period

Continuity

Change

Ignatius of Loyola

Baroque Art

Timeline

The Catholic Reformation

The Social Ladder

Women Are…?

Morality Above All Else

Community and Leisure

Key Vocabulary

Continuities and Changes

16th-Century Society & Politics in Europe

Remains of the Renaissance

Mannerism

Baroque 

Characteristics of Baroque Art and Architecture

Baroque Music

Architecture

Key Names and People

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Schönbrunn

Winter Palace

Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, and Artemesia Gentileschi

J.S. Bach & George Frideric Handel

Caravaggio

Mannerism and Baroque Art

No More Unity

Tradition and Change

Struggling with Power

Key Concept

Explain how the religious, political, and cultural developments of the 16th and 17th centuries affected European society from 1450 to 1648.

Impact on Social Structure

Causation in the Age of Reformation and the Wars of Religion

States and Politics

Development of Constitutionalism in England

Absolutism

Balance of Power

Commercial and Economic Developments

Unit 3 Overview: Absolutism & Constitutionalism

Contextual Causes

The different levels of sovereignty 

Rise of Absolutism and Challenges to Order

Context of State Building from 1648-1815

Causes of the English Civil War

James I

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

The Glorious Revolution

The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution

The Agricultural and Commercial Revolutions

The Agricultural Revolution 🌾

Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development from 1648-1815

Mercantilism

Consumer Culture 

Economic Development and Mercantilism

The Dutch Republic

Calvinism in the Dutch Republic

Dutch Economy

Effects of The Dutch Golden Age

The Dutch Golden Age

The Wars of King Louis XIV

Decline of Empires 

Technological Developments 

The Military Revolution

Balance of Power 

Absolutism and Divine Rights 🏰

Foundations of French Absolutism 🇫🇷

Louis XIV: The Sun King ☀️ 

Russian Absolutism 🇷🇺

Absolutist Approaches to Power

Overview

Age of Absolutism

Age of Constitutionalism

Comparison

Societal Structure 

Economy

Government

Religion

Key Figures


Summary

Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism

Key Topics

Reason

The Scientific Revolution


The Enlightenment

Unit 4 Overview: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments

Modes of Thought

The Enlightenment

Public Venues and the Print Media

Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

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