Foreword:

Hey 24-25 students! We’ve gone ahead and posted our notes that we took for our 1-semester of AP Euro. We have the notes from Modern History as well, however, nobody knows as to which unit it started in. Those notes can be found at the bottom of this page in the “Additional Notes” section, but a fair warning should be made, it most likely will not contain information that you will need. These notes were enough to get me a 5, so I hope they are able to do the same for you. Good luck! - Enoch (‘25)

2nd Block 22-23.

Table of Contents

NOTES START HERE

Unit 1 - 3

Effects of the Crusades

• Interaction with Muslim and Byzantine civilizations
  • Increased trade → growth of cities → wealth
    • Rise of kings
    • Loss of church power
    • Fall of Feudalism
  • Discovery of Greek and Roman texts
    • More diverse academic interests
  • Awareness of the “rest of the world” → curiosity → desire to explore

The Italian Renaissance

• Early Modern Europeans challenged power in all areas:
  • Art (The Renaissance)
  • Religion (The Protestant Reformation)
  • Science (The Scientific Revolution)
  • Government (The Enlightenment)
• People began to spend less time thinking about God and religion and more time thinking about the natural world around them