Sign up
AP European History · Lessons

AP European History lessons

9 sections · 88 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

AP European History

Practice 88 skills across this outline.

Recommended next
Comparison: Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
9 categories
Absolutism and Constitutionalism
11%
Late 18th Century Conflict, Crisis, Reaction
11%
Renaissance and Exploration
11%
19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments
11%
Cold War and Contemporary Europe
11%
Industrialization and Its Effects
11%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ap european history — drill into a card to work its skills.

Absolutism and Constitutionalism

8 core skills11% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Comparison: Age of Absolutism and ConstitutionalismRecommended
Long-form
2
Contextualizing State BuildingAvailable
Long-form
3
Absolutist Approaches to PowerAvailable
Long-form
4
Balance of PowerAvailable
Long-form
5
Economic Development and MercantilismAvailable
Long-form
6
Economic Practice and DevelopmentAvailable
Long-form
7
English Civil War and Glorious RevolutionAvailable
Long-form
8
The Dutch Golden AgeAvailable
Long-form

Late 18th Century Conflict, Crisis, Reaction

9 core skills11% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
The Congress of ViennaAvailable
Long-form
2
Britain's AscendencyAvailable
Long-form
3
Contextualizing 18th-Century StatesAvailable
Long-form
4
Continuity and Change in 18th-Century StatesAvailable
Long-form
5
Napoleon's Rise, Dominance, and DefeatAvailable
Long-form
6
RomanticismAvailable
Long-form
7
The French Revolution's EffectsAvailable
Long-form
8
The French RevolutionAvailable
Long-form
9
The Rise of Global MarketsAvailable
Long-form

Renaissance and Exploration

11 core skills11% total weight
0/11 completed
11 skills to mastery
1
Contextualizing Renaissance and DiscoveryAvailable
Long-form
2
Causation: Renaissance and Age of DiscoveryAvailable
Long-form
3
Colonial Expansion and Columbian ExchangeAvailable
Long-form
4
Italian RenaissanceAvailable
Long-form
5
New MonarchiesAvailable
Long-form
6
Northern RenaissanceAvailable
Long-form
7
PrintingAvailable
Long-form
8
Rivals on the World StageAvailable
Long-form
9
Technological Advances and Age of ExplorationAvailable
Long-form
10
The Commercial RevolutionAvailable
Long-form
11
The Slave TradeAvailable
Long-form

19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments

9 core skills11% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Causation: 19th-Century Perspectives and Political DevelopmentsAvailable
Long-form
2
Imperialism's Global EffectsAvailable
Long-form
3
19th-Century Culture and ArtsAvailable
Long-form
4
Contextualizing 19th-Century Perspectives and Political DevelopmentsAvailable
Long-form
5
Darwinism, Social DarwinismAvailable
Long-form
6
NationalismAvailable
Long-form
7
National Unification and Diplomatic TensionsAvailable
Long-form
8
New Imperialism: Motivations and MethodsAvailable
Long-form
9
The Age of Progress and ModernityAvailable
Long-form

Cold War and Contemporary Europe

15 core skills11% total weight
0/15 completed
15 skills to mastery
1
Rebuilding EuropeAvailable
Long-form
2
DecolonizationAvailable
Long-form
3
20th-Century FeminismAvailable
Long-form
5
Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary EuropeAvailable
Long-form
6
Contemporary Western DemocraciesAvailable
Long-form
7
Continuity and Change in Modern TimesAvailable
Long-form
8
GlobalizationAvailable
Long-form
9
Migration and ImmigrationAvailable
Long-form
10
Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and AtrocitiesAvailable
Long-form
11
TechnologyAvailable
Long-form
12
The European UnionAvailable
Long-form
13
The Cold WarAvailable
Long-form
14
The Fall of CommunismAvailable
Long-form
15
Two Super Powers EmergeAvailable
Long-form

Industrialization and Its Effects

10 core skills11% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Causation in the Age of IndustrializationAvailable
Long-form
2
19th-Century Social ReformAvailable
Long-form
3
Concert of Europe and European ConservatismAvailable
Long-form
4
Contextualizing Industrialization, Its Origins, and EffectsAvailable
Long-form
5
Ideologies of Change and Reform MovementsAvailable
Long-form
6
Institutional Responses and ReformAvailable
Long-form
7
Reactions and RevolutionsAvailable
Long-form
8
Second Wave Industrialization and Its EffectsAvailable
Long-form
9
Social Effects of IndustrializationAvailable
Long-form
10
The Spread of Industry Throughout EuropeAvailable
Long-form

Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments

7 core skills11% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Causation: Scientific Revolution and the EnlightenmentAvailable
Long-form
2
18th-Century Culture and ArtsAvailable
Long-form
3
18th-Century Society and DemographicsAvailable
Long-form
4
Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and EnlightenmentAvailable
Long-form
5
Enlightened and Other Approaches to PowerAvailable
Long-form
6
The EnlightenmentAvailable
Long-form
7
The Scientific RevolutionAvailable
Long-form

Age of Reformation

8 core skills11% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Contextualizing 16th/17th-Century Challenges, DevelopmentsAvailable
Long-form
2
16th-Century Art: Mannerism and Baroque ArtAvailable
Long-form
3
16th-Century Society and PoliticsAvailable
Long-form
4
Age of Reformation, Wars of ReligionAvailable
Long-form
5
Luther and the Protestant ReformationAvailable
Long-form
6
Protestant Reform ContinuesAvailable
Long-form
7
The Catholic ReformationAvailable
Long-form
8
Wars of ReligionAvailable
Long-form

20th-Century Global Conflicts

11 core skills11% total weight
0/11 completed
11 skills to mastery
1
20th-Century Cultural DevelopmentsAvailable
Long-form
2
Continuity and Changes Amidst Global ConflictAvailable
Long-form
3
Contextualizing 20th-Century Global ConflictsAvailable
Long-form
4
Europe During the Interwar PeriodAvailable
Long-form
5
Fascism and TotalitarianismAvailable
Long-form
6
Global Economic CrisisAvailable
Long-form
7
The HolocaustAvailable
Long-form
8
The Russian Revolution and Its EffectsAvailable
Long-form
9
Versailles Conference and Peace SettlementAvailable
Long-form
10
World War IIAvailable
Long-form
11
World War IAvailable
Long-form