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When columbus found the Caribbean while searching for the Indies.
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Ferdinand was the first to sail around the world with 230 men on 5 ships. Only 18 men returned, and Magellan was not one of them,
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While Montezuma II was the Aztec emperor, Cortez captures the Aztec Empire
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After many years of trying Pizzaro captures the Incan Empire using 169 spanish soldiers and native allies.
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Theory that the Sun is the center of the Universe, not the earth
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He gained control of the Portugal and Portuguese territories
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He became the first king of the bourbon dynasty
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13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. This Became known as Jamestown.
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King Louis XIV was the most powerful ruler in French History. He boasted "I am the state" and was known as the "Sun King"
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Peter the great became Tsar at the age of ten. When his brother Ivan died, Peter tok over the Monarchy and became Tsar. Adventually he took absolute rule.
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The overthrow of King James II by William.
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The Third estate was upset about not having a voice in the government.
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his power only last a year, he starts the reign of terror because he thought everyone was an enemy of the republic
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Napoleon was born a peasant, he bacame a strong military leader, and used France to conquer Europe
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This consisted of a two house legislateive and a directory-executive body made up of 5 men
