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PCS Global 10
PCS Global 10 Absolute Monarchs
Term | Definition |
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Henry VII (England) | killed 3 wives; created Church of England so he could divorce wife; Act of Supremacy |
Elizabeth I (England) | practiced religious tolerance |
Peter the Great (Russia) | made nobles cut hair, beard, and pants to look like Western Europeans; moved the capitol of St. Petersburg; forced westernization; first water way to the West Baltic |
Catherine the Great (Russia) | captured important port in Black Sea; gave nobles special rights and held serfs down; took control of land to expand Russia; divided Poland |
Mary Tudor (England) | wanted to convert England back to Catholicism; religious persecution of Protestants giving her the name "Bloody Mary" |
Louis XIV (France) | "I am the State"; 56 years of war (expanded France) |
Phillip II (Spain) | caused Spain to become empire; made everyone Catholic; sent armada to attach protestant England and Netherlands |