AP EUROPEAN HISTORY: Unit 4 (Ch.18 and 19)
Study Guide
Directions: The upcoming test will consist of two parts: (1) Multiple choice questions and (2) FRQ Essay. The test will be
administered on the same day. The first section will include 61 multiple choice questions based on Chapters 18 and 19.
Below, you will find important terms, developments, concepts, and individuals that were used in constructing multiple
choice questions. In addition to the items listed below, review your key terms from Ch.18 and Ch.19 (see documents
in your GoogleAPS account), PPT on the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon, SPRITE handout for Ch.18 (pay
special attention to the map in that handout), and the primary source handout based on Ch.19. Do not wait until the
last day or two to study for the test. Start reviewing little by little as soon as you can. Topics for the FRQ (3 total – you
will choose one of them will be based on Chapter 18 as well as Chapter 19. Good luck.
Chapter 18:
Enlightened Absolutism
Reason of State
Natural Laws/Rights
The War of the Austrian Succession (main
Philosophes attitude on implementation and
reason and alliances)
preservation of natural rights
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Social classes and the British Parliament
The Seven Years’ War (main reason and
“Pocket Boroughs”
alliances)
The Hannoverian Dynasty (kings)
Main reasons for population growth in Europe
Successes/accomplishments of Frederick
Infanticide-related law in Austria (1784)
William I, Frederick William II, Joseph II, and
Foundling institutions
Catherine the Great
Consequences of the enclosure acts
Partition of Poland
Banks and methods of expanding credit
King Gustavus III
The Cottage Industry
Balance of Power
Mercantile empires
Change in the attitude toward the poor
The following map will appear on the test. You will be asked to identify a number of European countries
outlined on the map.
Chapter 19:
Major documents of the American
Revolution and their foundation
and main ideas
The Old Regime (the old order)
Taille
The Second Estate (nobility of the
robe vs. nobility of the sword)
The Third Estate (composition,
grievances with the Old Regime)
Causes of the French Revolution
(see PPT)
Assembly of Notables
The Estates-General
The National Assembly
Cahiers de doleances
Fall of the Bastille (see primary
source on p.579)
The Great Fear
The Declaration of the Rights of
Man and the Citizen
Olympe de Gouge and
Declaration of the Rights of
Woman and the Female Citizen
The Women’s March to Versailles
The Civil Constitution of Clergy
French government under the new
constitution of 1791
The Declaration of Pillnitz
Sans-Culottes
The National Convention (policies
during the Radical Phase)
The Committee of Public Safety
and the Reign of Terror
The Mountain
Maximilien Robespierre
A Nation in Arms
Vendee Uprising
De-Christianization
New French republican Calendar
Toussaint L’Ouverture
The Directory
Napoleon (ascension to power
and titles)
The Concordat (major provisions)
The Civil Code (major provisions)
Prefects
Napoleon’s Grand Empire
Continental system
Nationalism
Reforms in Prussia during the Age
of Napoleon
Invasion of Russia, Russian
strategy, and the Battle of
Borodino
Battle at Waterloo