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Granted the Huguenots substantial rights in the nation. -
First Stuart to become King was James I. -
Started from nobles rebelling against Fredrick of Prussia after he tried to impose roman catholic absolutism -
Started because Charles I raised an army against Parliaments wishes. -
Two treaties were signed to end the 30 years war -
Returned and became king after Cromwell was in power. -
Signed by William III and Mary II, the bill gave Parliament power over the monarchy. -
After Parliament declared James had been abdicated, and William and Mary were offered the throne as joint monarchs. -
Was created after winning access to the Baltic Sea. -
This conflict eventually had Prussia ally with France, Bavaria, Spain, Sweden, and Saxony -
Louis called the Estates-general for the first time in over over 100 years. He called them so they could approve a new taxation because of the financial crisis. -
Members of the third estate had taken the oath to meet anywhere and to not separate until the Constitution was made -
Occurred in Paris, with revolutionaries storming and seizing control of the Bastille. The prison was a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule. -
French national constitutional assembly issued the Declaration, which defined individual and collective rights. -
An important start to the revolution, woman in the marketplace began to riot and demanded fair prices for bread. Eventually they went to meet Louis XVI at Versailles. -
King Louis XVI was convicted and condemned to be executed publicly by the guillotine, in Paris. -
Began with Robespierre declared "The order of the day" -
He was arrested on July 27 1789, and then taken to the Place de la Révolution to be executed the next day. -
Napoleon seized his power in a coup d'etat. The coup replaced the extant governing body. -
The battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium. It marked the last Defeat of Napoleon