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Isabella and Ferdinand were able to make spain quite powerful by uniting it. -
Henry is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled.
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Her reign was during the Elizabethan Age, a period when England asserted itself as a major European power
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Granted the minority Calvinist Protestants of France, substantial rights in the nation. -
A Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts. -
A series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries.
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An English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state. -
Followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament. Brought down the king’s advisors, and did many other good things.
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Know as the “Sun King” he transformed France into it’s golden age.
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This ended the thirty years war in Europe. -
Argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign.
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He was able to guide his country through the religious unrest between Anglicans, Catholics, and dissenters that he encountered.
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Peter had military victories over Russia's great rivals: the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden. These victories lead to territorial gains and the creation of the Russian Navy.
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A time period when Protestant William of Orange and Queen Mary Stuart replaced Catholic James II of England as the monarchs. -
A work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. -
The English Bill of Rights gave Parliament power over the Monarchy. -
Robinson Crusoe is a book that really focuses on survival and having to make due on an island. -
A four part satirical work by Jonathan Swift. -
He was England's longest ruling monarch at the time.
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A genius military leader.
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Comparative study of three types of government, republic, monarchy, and despotism.
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A German composer and musician
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It is a 28 volume reference book. -
A global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe
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Voltaire publishes “Candid” which is his best-known work, it is an adventure story, a picaresque novel, and a satire all in one.
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A 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The book theorizes about how to establish legitimate authority. -
This 34 year reign is the longest a Women has ever reigned Russia.
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The sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy.
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Deadly riot, started from a street brawl between American colonists and British soldiers but escalated to a bloody massacre. -
An American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachussets. -
Five punishment laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
The first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulted in American victory. -
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations. -
The Declaration was a formal document that said the 13 colonies wanted to break away from England. -
A battle that was fought in Yorktown Virginia, and ended in a victory for the 13 colonies. -
Was signed by the U.S. and British Representatives to end the War of the American Revolution
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The worlds longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words “We The People” affirms that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man gave citizens liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression. -
Key moment that set off the French Revolution. Men of the National Assembly swore an oath to never stop meeting until a constitution had been established.
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When revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armory, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille.
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They complained over the high price and scant availability of bread, marching from Paris to Versailles.
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It was written by a French feminist in response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
This was one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the eighteenth century -
It was created to replace the previous legislative bodies after the end of the monarchy. -
The committee was created to defend against foreign and domestic enemies.
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France was made a republic, abolishing the monarchy and executing the king. -
A period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place.
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Was the governing five-member committee in France until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte. -
A battle during the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought in the Austrian Empire with around 25,000 casualties. -
Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor of France. -
A naval battle between British and the French/Spanish. -
Also known as Battle of Nations, the coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia led by Tsar Alexander l and Karl von Schwarzenberg, defeated the Grande Armée of French Emporer Napoleon.
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The congress of Vienna was supposed to balance the powers throughout Europe. -
Napoleon was exiled to the Island of Elba in the Mediterranean. -
Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.