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Ivan the terrible

Ivan the terrible. -Hated nobles-repressed them -champion for the poor First Russian Tsar -Tsar @16 -Modernized country -Revised law code -. Oprichnik i - secret police -Execution -Confiscation of lands. legacy. - Expanded Russia’s borders

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Ivan the terrible

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  1. Ivan the terrible • -Hated nobles-repressed them • -champion for the poor • First Russian Tsar • -Tsar @16 • -Modernized country • -Revised law code • -

  2. Oprichniki- secret police • -Execution • -Confiscation of lands

  3. legacy • - Expanded Russia’s borders • -small medieval state-billion acre empire • -Military

  4. elizabeth • “greatest monarch of England?” • -English renaissance (increase literacy) • -Acquired land overseas (age of expoloration) • -good and wise ruler • -defeated Spanish Armada

  5. Charles I • imposed taxes on his own (without parliament) • Tried to create uniform religion • Created civil war when he arrested his political opponents • Publicly beheaded

  6. Peter the great • -created strong navy • -Admired the West (France, England) • -acquired territory (Latvia, Finland, Sweden) • -est. St. Petersburg • -high taxes- led to revolts • -all classes of society- serve the state • -women were not excluded from public life • -started schools, changed alphabet.

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