rise and fall of monarchs
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neumannr15 on March 1, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Henry II | Plantagenet 1154-1189 England Catholic Assassination of Thomas Beckett Absolute |
| John | Plantagenet 1199-1216 England Catholic Magna Carta Limited |
| Henry VIII | Tudor 1509-1547 England Catholic-Anglican Act of Supremacy Absolute |
| Edward VI | Tudor 1547-1553 England Anglican Suffers and dies from consumption Limited |
| Mary | Tudor 1553-1558 England Catholic Bloody Mary Absolute |
| Elizabeth I | Tudor 1558-1603 England Anglican Religious Toleration Absolute |
| James VI/I | Stuart 1603-1625 Scotland/England Catholic The Gunpowder Plot/Dominated by Parliament Limited |
| Charles I | Stuart 1625-1649 Anglican England Petition of Right/Executed Limited |
| Charles II | Stuart England 1649-1651/1660-1685 Presbyterian Abandoned ship/ran into exile Limited |
| James II | Stuart England 1685-1688 Presbyterian/Anglican/Catholic Forced State Religion on people and Parliament Limited |
| Henry IV | Bourbon 1589-1610 France Huguenot/Catholic "I will put a chicken in every pot"/Assassination Absolute |
| Louis XIII | Bourbon 1610-1638 France Catholic Appointment of Cardinal Richelieu Limited |
| Louis XIV | Bourbon 1643-1715 France Catholic The "Sun King"/Palace of Versailles Absolute |
| Peter the Great | Romanov 1682-1725 Russia Eastern Orthodox Western Reforms/Streltsy Rebellion Absolute |
| Catherine the Great | Romanov 1762-1796 Russia Eastern Orthodox Continued Western Reforms/Strict controls over banking and religion Absolute |
| Maria Theresa | Hapsburg 1740-1780 Holy Roman Empire/Austria Roman Catholic War of Austrian Succession Absolute |
| Charles V | Hapsburg 1516-1556 Holy Roman Empire/Spain Roman Catholic King of Kings & Lord of Lords/Controls 2/3 of Continental Europe Absolute |
| Phillip II | Hapsburg Spain 1556-1598 Catholic Spanish Armada Limited |
| Frederick I | Hohenzollern Prussia 1688-1713 Calvinist "...an army with a nation" Absolute |
| Frederick II | Hohenzollern Prussia 1740-1786 Calvinist from nothingness to Greatness/Frederick the Great Absolute |
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