AP European History Treaties and Meetings

Flashcards summarizing key treaties and meetings in European history.

Council of Constance

Resolved the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy (Western Schism) between 1414-18.

Diet of Worms

Meeting in 1521 where Luther answered to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Marburg Colloquy

Meeting in 1529 between Luther and Zwingli that caused a Protestant split.

Council of Trent

A council from 1545-63 that outlined the Catholic Church’s position on the Counter-Reformation.

Vatican II

Council from 1962-65 that modernized Catholicism and included Mass in the vernacular.

Peace of Augsburg

A 1555 treaty stating the religion of the prince is the religion of the people.

Treaty of Tordesillas

The 1494 treaty that divided the New World and Asia between Spain and Portugal.

Edict of Nantes

Issued in 1598, it granted Huguenots rights and protections in France.

Treaty of Westphalia

The treaty that ended the 30 Years' War in 1648.

Treaty of Utrecht

Ended the War of Spanish Succession in 1713, impacting Louis XIV’s ambitions.

Treaty of the Pyrenees

The 1659 treaty that ended war between France and Spain following the 30 Years' War.

Treaty of Karlowitz

Ended the conflict between Austria and the Ottoman Empire in 1699.

Pragmatic Sanction

1713 promise to allow Maria Theresa to inherit Austrian lands.

Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle

Treaty in 1748 that ended the War of the Austrian Succession.

Treaty of Paris (1763)

The treaty that concluded the Seven Years’ War.

Tennis Court Oath

The 1789 promise by the 3rd Estate to meet until they create a constitution.

Congress of Vienna

A meeting of foreign ministers after Napoleon between 1814-15, led by Metternich.

Frankfurt Assembly

An unsuccessful gathering of German nationalists from 1848-49 to unify Germany.

Treaty of Paris (1856)

The treaty that ended the Crimean War.

Emancipation Act of 1861

Czar Alexander II's decree freeing the serfs who were burdened by debt.

Treaty of Frankfurt

The treaty in 1871 that ended the Franco-Prussian War.

Congress of Berlin

A Bismarck-led meeting in 1878 addressing Balkan issues before WWI.

Second Berlin Conference

Bismarck's meeting in 1885 to resolve African imperial problems.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The 1918 treaty that took Russia out of World War I.

Treaty of Versailles

The 1919 peace treaty ending the First World War against Germany.

Locarno Pact

A 1925 agreement where European powers pledged support for international peace.

Munich Agreement

The 1938 agreement where Hitler was appeased with Sudetenland.

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

The 1939 treaty in which Germany and the USSR agreed to split Poland.

Teheran Conference

The meeting of the Big Three in 1943 to discuss the second front in Europe.

Yalta Conference

The 1945 meeting of the Big Three about postwar Europe.

Potsdam Conference

The 1945 meeting where Stalin reneged on promises made at Yalta.

Maastricht Treaty

The treaty that established the European Union, ratified in 1993.

Dayton Accords

The framework for peace in Bosnia Herzegovina reached in 1995.