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Mr. K People 1
Identify the participants of Restoration and Continuity unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Louis XIV | Self titled the "Sun King", this monarch is considered the most powerful ruler in French history |
| Philip II | Inherited Spain, the Netherlands, and the American colonies from his father Charles V |
| Maria Theresa | Powerful Austrian monarch who was also the mother of Marie Antionette |
| Frederick the Great | Famous for religious reform and tolerance in Prussia, this monarch died without a son to succeed him |
| Ivan the Terrible | After the death of his wife Anastasia began the "bad period" of this monarch's rule |
| Peter the Great | Considered Russia's greatest reformer for his attempts to westernize |
| Charles I | First monarch to face a public trial and execution on charges of treason |
| Oliver Cromwell | Puritan general who ruled England after trying and executing Charles I |
| Medici Family | Ruled Florence and supported the Renaissance by supporting the arts |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Famous for his painting as well as scholarly works and great feets of engineering that were never built |
| Raphael | contracted by the pope to decorate his private rooms in the vatican |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | wrote a political guide book titled The Prince in which he began with the idea that most people are selfish, fickle, and corrupt |
| Michelangelo | painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome along with designing the dome on St. peter's Basilica |
| Martin Luther | monk, whose 95 Theses sparked the Reformation in Europe |
| Henry VIII | the need for an heir caused him to break from the Catholic Church |
| Elizabeth I | daughter of Henry VIII who made the Anglican Church the official Church of England |
| John Calvin | believed in the doctrine of predestination, in which God has known since the beginning of time who will be saved |