AP European History – Notes and Study Guides Unit 1: Renaissance and ExplorationUnit 1 Overview: Renaissance and Exploration1.1: Context of the Renaissance1.2: Italian Renaissance1.3: Northern Renaissance1.4: Printing1.5: New Monarchies from 1450 to 16481.6: Age of Exploration1.7: Colonial Rivals1.8: Columbian Exchange1.9: The Slave Trade1.10: The Commercial Revolution1.11: Causation in the Renaissance and Age of Discovery Unit 2: ReformationUnit 2 Overview: Age of Reformation2.1: Contextualizing 16th and 17th-Century Challenges and Developments2.2: Luther and the Protestant Reformation2.3: Protestant Reform Continues2.4: Wars of Religion2.5: The Catholic Reformation2.6: 16th-Century Society & Politics in Europe2.7: Mannerism and Baroque Art2.8: Causation in the Age of Reformation and the Wars of Religion Unit 3: Absolutism and ConstitutionalismUnit 3 Overview: Absolutism & Constitutionalism3.1: Context of State Building from 1648-18153.2: The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution3.3: Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development from 1648-18153.4: Economic Development and Mercantilism3.5: The Dutch Golden Age3.6: Balance of Power3.7: Absolutist Approaches to Power3.8: Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political DevelopmentsUnit 4 Overview: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments4.1: Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment4.2: The Scientific Revolution4.3: The Enlightenment4.4: 18th-Century Society and Demographics4.5: 18th-Century Culture and Arts4.6: Enlightened and Other Approaches to Power4.7: Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th CenturyUnit 5 Overview: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century5.1: Contextualizing 18th-Century States5.2: The Rise of Global Markets5.3: Britain’s Ascendency5.4: The French Revolution5.5: Effects of the French Revolution5.6: Napoleon’s Rise, Dominance, and Defeat5.7: The Congress of Vienna5.8: Romanticism5.9: Continuity and Change in the 18th-Century States Unit 6: Industrialization and Its EffectsUnit 6 Overview: Industrialization and Its Effects6.1: Contextualizing Industrialization and Its Origins and Effects6.2: The Spread of Industry Throughout Europe6.3: Second-Wave Industrialization and Its Effects6.4: Social Effects of Industrialization6.5: The Concert of Europe and European Conservatism6.6: Revolutions from 1815-19146.7: Ideologies of Change and Reform Movements6.8: 19th-Century Social Reform6.9: Institutional Responses and Reform6.10: Causation in the Age of Industrialization Unit 7: 19th Century Perspectives and Political DevelopmentsUnit 7 Overview: 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments7.1: Context of 19th Century Politics7.2: Nationalism7.3: National Unification and Diplomatic Tensions7.4: Darwinism and Social Darwinism7.5: The Age of Progress and Modernity7.6: New Imperialism: Motivations and Methods7.7: Imperialism’s Global Effects7.8: 19th-Century Culture and Arts7.9: Causation in 19th Century Perspectives and Political Developments Unit 8: 20th Century Global ConflictsUnit 8 Overview: 20th-Century Global Conflicts8.1: Context of 20th Century Global Conflicts8.2: World War I8.3: The Russian Revolution and Its Effects8.4: Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement8.5: Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression8.6: Fascism and Totalitarianism8.7: Europe During the Interwar Period8.8: World War II8.9: The Holocaust8.10: 20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments8.11: Continuity and Changes in the Age of Global Conflict Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary EuropeUnit 9 Overview: Cold War and Contemporary Europe9.1: Context of the Cold War and Contemporary Europe9.2: Rebuilding Europe After World War II9.3: The Cold War9.4: Two Super Powers Emerge9.5: Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities9.6: Contemporary Western Democracies9.7: The Fall of Communism9.8: 20th-Century Feminism9.9: Decolonization9.10: The European Union9.11: Migrations within and to Europe Since 19459.12: Technological Developments Since 19149.13: Globalization9.14: 20th- and 21st-Century Culture, Arts, and Demographic Trends9.15: Continuity and Change in the 20th and 21st Centuries
