FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MODULE 17 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MODULE 17 EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -25 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Many historians think of Louis XIV as the perfect example of an absolute monarch. Do you agree ? Explain why or why not?

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Agree - He controlled the economy, regulated worship, weakened the nobility, and built a magnificent palace to show his power.Question 2: How did the policies of Colbert and Louis XIV affect the French economy?Explain both the positive and negative effects.

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Positive - Built up and protected French industries.Negative - Drove out Huguenots and overspent on buildings and wars.

Question 3: What happened as a result of the English Civil War?

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Carles I was executed, and puritan leader Oliver Cromwell assumed power.

Question 4: How did Henry of Navarre end the crisis and restore order?

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Converted to Catholic and issued Edict of Nantes, which declared that Huguenots could live in peace in France and set up their own houses of worship in certain cities; devoted his reign to rebuilding France and it's prosperity.Question 5: What impact did the French religious wars likely have on French thinkers?

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It turned French thinkers toward skepticism.

Question 6: Why did the Glorious Revolution take place?

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To replace the Catholic king James II with Protestant king and queen William and Mary.

Question 7: How did Louis XIV make sure he kept his power?

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Louis XIV kept the nobles out of his government and gave more power to the government officials who reported him.

Question 8: Why was the death of Charles I revolutionary?

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Never before had a reigning monarch faced a public trial and execution.

Question 9: What three changes gave Parliament more power in England?

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The development of the constitutional monarchy, the Bill of Rights, and the establishments of a cabinet all gave Parliament more power.Question 10: In your opinion, which decisions by Charles I made his conflict with Parliament worse?

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Charles I decisions to dissolve the parliament and ignore the Petition of Right made his conflict with parliament worse.

Question 11: What steps did Jean Baptiste Colbert take to turn France into an economic power?

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Followed a strict policy of mercantilism by taking steps to make France self-sufficient, expanding and protecting French industries, and encouraging migration to France's colony of Canada, where the fur trade would add to French commercial strength.

Question 12: Why did Louis fail in his attempts to expand the French empire?

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His many enemies combined forces in the League of Augsburg and thereby became strong enough to stop France.

Question 13: Why did the Glorious Revolution take place?

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The Glorious Revolution took place to replace the Catholic king; James II, with the Protestant king and queen, William and Mary.

Question 14: What effect did the religious wars have on French intellectuals?

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Turned them to skepticism, the idea that nothing can be known for certain, and led them to question church doctrine, which claimed to be the only truth.

Question 15: What was the legacy of Louis XIV?

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Made France a power in Europe and a model of culture, but laid the groundwork for revolution because of staggering debts and royal abuse of power.Question 16: Define a constitutional monarchy. What three changes gave Parliament more power in England?

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A constitutional monarchy is a government in which law limit the monarch's power.The development of the constitutional monarchy, the Bill of Rights, and the Establishment of a cabinet all gave Parliament more power.Question 17: To what extent did anti- Protestantism contribute to Louis XIV's downfall?

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Cancelling the Edict of Nantes cost France many skilled workers, and wars against Protestant countries damaged the French economy.

Question 18: What was the result of the War of the Spanish Succession?

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France and Spain were not allowed to unite,Britain gained control of Gibraltar, and the Austrian Hapsburgs took the Spanish Netherlands.

Question 19: How did Cardinal Richelieu strengthen the France monarchy?

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Forbade Protestant cities from having walls; weakened power of nobles by ordering them to take down their fortified castles and by increasing power of government agents.

Question 20: How did the monarchy get stronger in France?

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Cardinal Richelieu increased to power of the Crown and decreased the power of the nobles.

Question 21: In what ways did Louis XIV support the arts?

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Popularized opera and ballet, supported writers such as Moliere, promoted art that glorified the monarchy and supported absolute rule.

Question 22: What happened as a result of the English Civil War?

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Carles faced a public trail and execution. Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell assumed power.

Question 23: How did Charles I make Parliament angry?

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He dissolved Parliament and went directly against the Petition of Right.

Question 24: How did Louis XIV bring disaster to France?

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Louis XIV spent too much money on wars and, along with Spain, lost land after the War of the Spanish Succession.Question 25: Why do you think James II fled to France when William of Orange led his army to London?

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James II may have feared being arrested and executed.