AP European History - Important Dates Exam Questions with Correct Answers

AP European History - Important Dates
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
1455 - ANSWER-Printing press (J. Gutenberg, Germany)

1492 - ANSWER-Columbus/Reconquista of Spain

1517 - ANSWER-Martin Luther/95 theses - Protestant Reformation

1555 - ANSWER-Peace of Augsburg ends religious war in Germany; Charles V
abdicates

1598 - ANSWER-Edict of Nantes ends French religious wars

1600 - ANSWER-Dutch East India Company founded

1648 - ANSWER-Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War

1688 - ANSWER-Glorious Revolution in England (William and Mary rule) + Bill of Rights

1756-1763 - ANSWER-7 years war/French and Indian War

1776 - ANSWER-American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations

1789 - ANSWER-French Revolution

1799 - ANSWER-Napoleon came to power in France

1815 - ANSWER-Congress of Vienna

1848 - ANSWER-Many European Revolutions / Marx and Engles write Communist
Manifesto

1861 - ANSWER-end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification

1871 - ANSWER-German unification

1884 - ANSWER-Berlin Conference

1905 - ANSWER-Russo-Japanese War

1914-1918 - ANSWER-World War I

1939-1945 - ANSWER-World War II