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Edgar I
- "King of the Angles"
- "Emperor and Lord"
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Henry V
Adopted a "closed" crown, explicitly as an "imperial crown".
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Henry VII
England's king at the time of Columbus. Also gave rights to John Cabot.
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Henry VIII
Irish Parliament declared him "King of Ireland".
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Queen Mary was married to...
Phillip II.
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Queen Mary was known as the...
Queen of Scots.
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Which female monarch died childless?
Elizabeth I.
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William of Orange dethroned James II in the...
Glorious Revolution of 1688.
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James III
- James Edward Stuart
- "Old Pretender".
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Charles Edward Stuart
- Bonnie Prince Charlie
- "Young Pretender"
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Charles V
Dominion over Austria- and thus the German Empire- with his sovereignty of Spain.
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Houtman and Dirckszn
Arrived at the roadstead of Bantam. (formerly Banten)
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Frederick William
"Great Elector"
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"Great Elector"
Frederick William.
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Arkwright
Waterpowered spinning frame
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Cartwright
Power loom led to a huge rise in productivity.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
Inaugurated the age of empire with its campture of Ceuta in Morocco.
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Cabeza de Vaca
Sailed the gulfs of Mexico and California.
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Juan Cabrillo
San Francisco Bay.
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Bartolome Ferrelo
Went as far north as Oregon.
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Hernando de Soto
Discovered the Mississippi.
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
North as Kansas and Colorado.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Established a military base in Florida named St. Augustine.
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Joao Fagundes
Obtained royal permission to establish a colony on the Grand Banks of NewFOOTland.
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Giovanni de Verrazzano
Sponsored by Francis I, explored North American's coast from South Carolina to Newfoundland.
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Jacques Cartier of St. Malo
Sailed the St. Lawrence River as far as Montreal.
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Nicolas Durand
"Chevalier de Villegagnon" established a Huguenot colony on an island off Rio de Janeiro.
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Gaspard Coligny
Killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Protesttants in 1572.
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John Calvin
Selected 14 Genevans for the Rio Colony.
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Jean Ribault
Formed another Huguenot settlement: Charlesfort.
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Charlesfort would later be known as...
Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.
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Rene de Laudonniere
Fomerly Ribault's deputy.
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Marquis de la Roche
Breton merchant, received a patend to found a base on Sable Island -> penatrate Acadia and hunt seal and walrus.
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Pierre du Guast, Comte de Monts.
Obtained a patent as lieutenant-governor of Acadia, Canada. Settled at St. Croix Island (now Dochet Island)
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Richard Hore
Him and his crew were reduced to cannibalism.
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John Hawkins
England's first major slave trader.
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John Rut
First known full reconnaissance of North America's easten seaboard.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Rounded Cape Horn and proved that there was a south-west passage to Asia at the bottom of South America.
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John Cabot
His small crew of 18 aboard the Matthew landed at the mariner called 'new found land'.
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Francis Drake
"El Diablo" to the Spanish, he led the Golden Hind, and attacked Spanish ships and settlements near the Isthmus of Panama.
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Richard Greenville
Established the settlement of Roanoke.
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