Exam 15: European Monarchies and Absolutism,1660-1725

The newly efficient taxation systems in many European realms of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries paid for many expenses,but by far the most expensive expenditure made by states was:

The Glorious Revolution occurred completely without bloodshed.

The most profitable French colonies were located in:

What was the role of the army in the formation of the Prussian state?

In what ways can it be said that Peter the Great made Russia a great power?

Sejm was:

Louis XIV's finance minister,Jean-Baptiste Colbert,was a confirmed mercantilist who believed that France's wealth would increase if it:

Absolute monarchs developed all of the following institutions to enhance their power EXCEPT:

In the 1690s,the Hapsburgs were in power in all of the following places except:

In general,the policies of Peter the Great of Russia included:

The League of Augsburg included all of the following states except:

The balance of power in Eastern Europe was realigned in 1721 with the Peace of:

Who was the "Sun King"?

Unlike many places in Europe during the seventeenth century,there was a high degree of religious tolerance in the Dutch Republic.

Peter the Great's victory against Sweden in the Great Northern War resulted in Russian ports on the: