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By their marriage in October 1469, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiated a confederation of the two kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain. -
He was a powerful and charismatic person and possibly best known for his extensive love life and the establishment of the Church of England.
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She was very well-educated, fluent in five languages, and had inherited intelligence, and had determination and shrewdness from both parents. Her 45-year reign is generally considered one of the most glorious in English history.
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effectively ended the French Wars of Religion by granting official tolerance to Protestantism -
He reached the height of his career during the Baroque Era, and he is sometimes considered "the composer of the Baroque Era".
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Don Quixote is thought to explore the balance between reality and imagination, realism and idealism, and the human's grappling with inevitable death. -
a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe.
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asked for a settlement of Parliament's complaints against the King's non-parliamentary taxation and imprisonments without trial, plus the unlawfulness of martial law and forced billets -
succeeded his father, Louis XIII, as king at the age of five
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this ended the thirty year war -
His political adaptability enabled him to guide his country through the religious unrest between Anglicans, Catholics, and dissenters.
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He was determined that Russia should become and remain a great European power.
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Within 30 years of Charles II's restoration to the throne in 1660, England was once again on the verge of civil war -
This was worked on quite a while before it was published by John Locke. In it, Locke proposed that the government emerges from the consent of the government to protect their natural rights. -
established that the monarchy could not rule without consent of Parliament. this is what the English bill of rights is, and when it was signed -
tells the 'true story', narrated retrospectively in the first person, of a young Englishman who, against the wishes of his parents, sets sail on a dangerous sea voyage -
Travels into several Remote Nations of the World -
this was a guy that ruled Prussia
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"The Spirit of Laws" is about a comparative study of three types of government republic, monarchy, and despotism. -
The Encyclopédie, Ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Métiers -
a conflict between France and Great Britain that began in 1754 as a dispute over North American land claims in the region around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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satirical novel -
Under George III Britain lost America, but resisted the French under Napoleon Bonaparte. Britain also prospered, industrialization exploded at home and colonies abroad expanded.
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Catherine the great ruled over Russia, she was the long female to ever rule Russia (34 years)
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He implemented numerous reforms in the Hapsburg Monarchy, some of them far-reaching, in the name of 'usefulness'.
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a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers -
American colonists were angry with the British government for "taxation without representation" and dumped tea imported from another country into the harbor. -
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
This was the battle that marked the start of the American War of Independence -
The central thesis of "The Wealth of Nations" is that our individual need to fulfill self-interest results in societal benefit. -
The Declaration of Independence was signed by delegates at the Pennsylvania State House, later known as Independence Hall. -
Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown effectively ended the Revolutionary War. Lacking the financial resources to raise a new army, the British government allowed the Americans to have peace. -
France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. -
the National Assembly swore not to stop meeting until France had a constitution -
Liberty, Property, Safety and Resistance to Oppression to any man -
Written in response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man to show that women have rights just as much as men do. -
This book states clearly that when society gives women more rights, it is fairer and women can equally contribute to the world alongside men. -
The National Convention was the French First Republic for the the whole duration of the French Revolution. -
Initially, the monarchy was abolished and a republic was established. War continued throughout Europe. After the radicals gained control, those who were against the revolution were subject to arrest or execution.
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The Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic
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defend the nation against foreign and domestic enemies, as well as to oversee the new functions of the executive government -
France was ruled by a five-man executive committee called the Directory and a legislature of two chambers: the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients
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seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état -
The Battle of Austerlitz was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire. -
The British were keen to destroy the Franco-Spanish fleet, which the believed posed a threat to the British security and
dominance of the seas. -
The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Napoleon Bonaparte is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
The Congress of Vienna was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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after he was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 -
people could only experience true freedom if they lived in a civil society that ensured the rights and well-being of its citizens