In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of storms, which later renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.

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• …………………….was the Portuguese ruler who gave encouragement and helps to navigators to explore new sea routes to east
• The………………….., was an instrument which indicated direction and helped the daring navigators, who explored new lands which later changed the very face of the Earth.
• An Italian sailor……………………. left the Spanish port in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D.
• With the help of the Spanish King, Charles II, ………….started the historic journey in September 1519 A.D. and after two years landed at the Islands of Philippines where he was killed by the natives.
• Bloodless Revolution of ………… marked the end of the struggle between king and parliament in England.
• …………….in his book ‘The State propounded the theory of legal sovereignty’ asserted that the king was the source of all law and was accountable to God alone.
• The American Revolution or the War of American Independence broke out in the year…….. A.D during the reign of the English King George III and came to a close in 1783 A.D.
• King ………….of England broke with the Pope who did not agree with his decision to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon
• First Bourbon king of France was …………………
• Frederick, the Great was the King in ……………….whose period was the zenith of absolutism