In theory, Government classes are about “political science”, so history won’t be a focus of the course.

Let’s see:

You might want to know the political parties and policies of the more important Founding Fathers, that came up a lot toward the beginning of the year when we were talking about how the political parties had evolved to where they are now.

The Articles of Confederation came before the Constitution, and you might need have an idea of what the flaws were in the Articles.

There are several important court cases that you would have learned in US history that you’ll need for Gov: Marbury v. Madison (judicial review), Gibbons v. Ogden, Barron v. Baltimore, Plessey v. Ferguson (“separate but equal”), Brown v. Board (overturned Plessey)… those are the ones I remember talking about, anyway, and you’ll cover what they actually mean in relation to government in class.

You might want to do a general review of U.S. history before class starts, to know sort of when what president was doing what, and so on, especially with relation to increasing or decreasing the power of the federal government. But mostly AP Gov doesn’t depend on you knowing much US History, and what you do need to know you’ll cover in class as you go. You should be fine.