Peter the Great was a ruler of Russia from 1682 to 1725. To increase the power he had, he decreased the powers of nobles. This helped him as his kingdom was an absolute monarchy. This made it easy to enact his reforms. Peter rose to power after a series of deaths, and overthrowing his sister after she tried to have him abducted. Peter faced many challenges when he tried to raise taxes, and modernize Russia. He influenced Russia greatly by introducing them to European political and scientific ideas. Mary, one of James II daughters, and William of Orange, who was a prince of the Netherlands were the start of the permanent constitutional monarchy in England. They rose to power after the Glorious Revolution took place. Seven members of the patriarchy
