AP European History
Timeline Assignment
Fall and Spring Semesters
Assignment : You will create a timeline of at least 200 dates from the fall semester in AP European History
(Black Death through the Congress of Vienna) and 200 dates from the winter semester (Congress of Vienna through present) that will be due at the time you take your semester exams (mid-December, mid-April). Each date must have the following essential information: date (exact or year), where, event/what happened, and significance (relate the date to the past and, where appropriate, the future – just saying what happened is not enough! Stretch your mind!).
Format : I suggest a three column format in Excel or a Word table as seen below:
Date
1648
Where
Westphalia; Pan-
Europe
What Happened
Peace of Westphalia- end of the 30 Years’
War
1919 Versailles; Pan-
Europe
Treaty of Versailles; ends First World War
(with Germany)
Significance
Includes Calvinism in 1555 Peace of Augsburg settlement, official decline of Spain and disintegration of HRE, semi-independence of
German states. Will usher in Absolutism to
France. Shakes up political system in Europe as a whole- new order and separation of religion and politics (rise of secularism)
Peace settlement of the First World War; includes extremely harsh reparations, war guilt clauses, and the Weimar Republic; will damage not only the economy, but also the morale of
Germany, which will result in their embracing intense nationalism and the charismatic leader of the National Socialists, Adolf Hitler. Shows lasting divide in European powers that will color the alliances of the Second World War.
Notes:
- Do NOT leave this until the week before your timeline is due or you will be in big trouble. Try to work on it daily by highlighting dates in your textbook or notes and each weekend by entering a few dates onto your timeline in your “spare time”.
- This assignment is an individual assignment and will be worth two test grades. It is not meant to be a
“stressor” but a useful study tool when you need a quick reference as you study for the College Board’s exam in
May. I still have mine that I made in AP Euro and I used it all the way through college!