| A | B |
|---|
| Akbar the Great | India- developed one of India's Golden Ages |
| Ferdinand & Isabella | Spain sponsored the boyages of Columbus |
| Charles V | Spain led resistance against the Ottoman Empire |
| Charles V's actions | kept Western Europe Christian not Muslim out of Ottoman control |
| Philip II | Spent Spain's $$ defending Catholicism in Europe during Reformation & Counter - Reformation |
| Philip's Actions | Spain lost its power & becamer a weaker nation again |
| Louis IV | France taxed poor people but not the rich built Palace of Versailles |
| Louis XIV's Actions | Put too much economic pressure on poor, many starved |
| Peter the Great | Russia tried to westernize(modernize) Russia |
| Peter the Great's Actions | western artists, scientists, & teachers came & taught Russians hot to be more modern |
| Catherine the Great | Russian ruler, believed in westernization docified laws improved education established warm water port |
| James I | English king after Elizabeth I believed he ruled by divine right,disagreed with Puritans |
| Charles I | son of James imprisoned enemies collected taxes on his own executed as a tyrant |
| Cavaliers | supporters of Charles I |
| Roundheads | supporters of Cromwell, defeated Cavaliers |
| Glorious Revolution | Mary & William replaced James as rulers of England |
| English Bill of Rights | showed Parliament was more powerful than monarchy |
