Exam 15: Absolutism and Empire,1660–1789

Techniques for printing colored designs on calico cloth were imported from the New World but made illegal in some areas to protect native industry.

How were the policies of an enlightened absolutist compared to those of an absolute monarch?

The Smirnoff dynasty ruled Russia after the death of Ivan the Terrible.

Although most European countries have had representative assemblies,the longest surviving assembly is in:

The governmental system used by the United Provinces in the Netherlands throughout the seventeenth century was:

European wealth and prosperity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries may be attributed at least in part to:

When England began to break into international colonial trade,its efforts were marked by:

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,absolutism was a political theory that:

In the context of early modern European history,the American War of Independence was:

According to the French finance minister,Colbert,one underlying principle of mercantilism is:

War is the normal state of Europe at any point in its history,and the eighteenth century was no exception.

The great peasant uprising of the seventeenth century was led by:

On a typical merchant run along the "triangle trade" route,a British ship would sail from New England with rum,trade the rum for slaves in Africa,and then:

What was the role of theater and image in the success of absolutism?

The English call the 1688-1689 transfer of power to William and Mary the "Glorious Revolution" because:

Louis XIV used the palace of Versailles to:

Approximately how many Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean during the eighteenth century to be sold as slaves?

In his Two Treatises of Government,John Locke argued that:

The most valuable Dutch colonies during the seventeenth century were in:

Under Maria Theresa and her son,Habsburg,absolutism: