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During King Phillip II's feud against Queen Elizabeth I of England, he sent a Spanish Armada to fight the English. Spain suffered defeat. -
The Edict of Nantes granted religious toleration to the Huguenots (protestants). -
Elizabeth I died childless, and the Scottish House of Stuart succeeded as England's Royal family. -
European powers fought for power and over religion. It was a destructive war, killing 1/3 of the population. It was finally ended by the Peace of Westphalia treaty. -
The Englishmen were tired of the King abusing his power and wanted change. This sparked the English Civil War -
The 30 year war is ended by the Peace of Westphalia which split up the european land. -
After the defeat of the Cavaliers in the Civil War, Charles I was killed and Oliver Cromwell took over as leader. -
After taking a liking to the area, Louis XIV starts construction to turn an old hunting lodge into an incredible palace he can live in. -
Peter the Great got power of Russia when his brother Ivan V died. -
The Bill of Rights was a document signed by William and Mary. It granted power to the Parliament over the Monarchy. -
Peter gains access to the Baltic Sea, and makes St. Petersburg the new capitol of Russia. -
The National Assembly was established by the Third Estate of the Estates-General. They created the group because the king refused to give the Estates General more power. -
The National Assembly got together in an indoor tennis court and swore to never separate until a constitution was written and established in France. -
An angry and aggressive mob stormed the prison in the start of the French Revolution. The mob was searching for ammunition. -
Due to the lack of bread and the costly price of it, women march around Paris demanding bread for a reasonable price. They go to Versailles, They meet with the King who agrees to provide them with food. -
Louis XVI was put on trial for treason because he avoided the issues going on in France. -
A violent time period in the French revolution where they killed people that were against the revolution. They had mass executions and killed tens of thousands of people. -
Robespierre was a leader in the executions during the reign of terror. He was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. -
Napoleon tries to convince the Tsar of Russia to stop trading with Great Britain, and he invades Russia. -
Napoleon suffers a defeat at Waterloo, which marked the end of the Napoleon era in history.