absolutism/revolutions

  • Period: Jun 28, 1419 to Jan 28, 1547

    King Henry XIII

    he ruled england.
  • Period: Feb 20, 1479 to Jan 23, 1516

    king ferdinand and queen isabela

    they ruled spain
  • Period: Dec 4, 1533 to

    ivan the terrible

    he was the grand prince of moscow
  • Period: Sep 7, 1553 to

    elizabeth I

    she ruled england
  • Period: Sep 12, 1556 to

    Philip II

    he ruled russia
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    Thirty years war

    One of the longest and devastating wars in european history.
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    English civil war

    A series of civil wars between Parliamentarians and Royalist.
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    Peter the great

    He ruled the Tsardom of Russia
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    The glorious revolution

    Events that led King James the second of england to be replaced by his protestant daughter Mary.
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    War of Spanish Succession

    the spanish war was described as "the first world war of modern times ".
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    Seven years war

    Global conflict involving major European power as well as many smaller european states.
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    louis the 16th

    ruled over france
  • May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General

    May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
    This meeting was held by King Louis XVI so the Estates Generals could consider the best way to handle French debt.
  • Tennis court oath

    Tennis court oath
    When locked out of their usual meeting place the French third estate moved into an indoor tennis court and there took the oath "to separate until a written constitution had been established for france".
  • Storming of the bastille

    Storming of the bastille
    A revolutionary event where people mainly of lower class attacked the Bastille to free prisoners and to get hands on the 30,000 pounds of gunpowder stored in the bastille.
  • Declaration of the rights of man

    Declaration of the rights of man
    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution
  • women's march on versailles

    women's march on versailles
    Women concerned over high price and scarcity of bread led the march of versailles.
  • execution of king louis XVI

    execution of king louis XVI
    When found guilty of treason King louis was condemned put to death by the guillotined
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    Reign of terror

    Was originally made to stop the threat to revolution but ended up causing a series of massacres and many public executions.
  • Maximillian Robespierre's execution

    Maximillian Robespierre's execution
    The day before their execution they were athe Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The nest day they were executed in front of a cheering crowd by a guillotine.
  • Napoleon Crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
    to reassure his allies of his power and to show rome that he would not be ruled over by anyone or any power than himself Napoleon crowned himself
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    Peninsular war

    military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
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    french invasion of russia

    France, led by Napoleon invades Russia intending to annex the country. The invasion is a failure, when Napoleon and his troops run out of food, and begin to lose troops due to the cold, harsh conditions
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    french invasion of russia

    Napoleon wanted to force the russian empire back into the continental blockade of the united kingdom.
  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

    Napoleon is exiled to Elba
    napoleon was exiled to Elba
  • napoleon dies

    napoleon dies
    he dies :(
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    Nicholas II

    last Tsar of the Russian Empire