Nick and Bryce Crossword

7. What was Peter's goal as a chief?
8. A destructive conflict in the Holy Roman Empire, initially fought between Catholic and Protestant states, but evolving into a struggle for power involving major European powers
10. What country was in disorder from 1604 to 1613 because of foreign invasions and internal rebellion?
12. What city did Peter capture in 1709?
13. Emporor Charles VI had no male heir, therefore he advocated for this daughter to be the next emperor
15. Who did Peter hire to explore between Siberia and Alaska?
16. What language did Catherine encourage?
17. Who had to shave their beards and wear Western-style clothes?
18. Where the Thirty Years’ War began which is also known as present-day Czech Republic
20. Why had Peter gone to Europe to recruit teachers, technical experts, and Soldiers?
22. This state known as present-day Switzerland won recognition as independent states after the Thirty Years’ War
23. While Austria was molding a strong Catholic state, this country emerged as a new protestant German-speaking power in the North
24. Among the combatants, this country emerged the clear winner of the Thirty Years’ War
25. Where did Cathrine put the warm-weather-port?

1. When did Peter die?
2. The Thirty Years’ War led to this severely
3. Exhausted combatants accepted a series of treaties known as this when peace was finally restored during the Thirty Years War
4. The Thirty Years’ War left this country's land divided into more than 360 separate states
5. The name that Peter I was given when he took control of the Russian government at the age of 17
6. The rival of Prussia in 1740
9. By the early 1600’s, war raged across much of this empire
11. Frederick II of Prussia seized the rich Hapsburg province of Silesia which sparked this 8 year war.
14. The powerful princes of the Holy Roman Empire, who held the exclusive right to choose the Holy Roman Emperor
19. Who was the new monarch of Russia?
21. What did the three monarchs agree to in 1772 to avoid fighting each other?