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| Vasco Da Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be... |
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| very profitable, since Da Gama returned with a cargo of spices and made a profit of several thousand percent. |
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| ______ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas. |
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| What was the name of the set of principals that dominated economic thought in the Seventeeth Century. |
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| Who were the first Settlers of the Hudson River Valley? |
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| The treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494... |
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| established a line of demarcation btween territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain. |
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| ____ explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England. |
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| What was the name of the journey for slaves from Africa to America? |
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| The house of _____ ruled the Southern French kingdom of Navarre. |
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| Phillip II of Spain was know as... |
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| James I of England believed in the divine right of kings, which is... |
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| the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible only to God. |
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| The ____ were Protestants in England who were inspired by Calvinist ideas. |
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| Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the King's forces allowed him to.... |
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| take control of England and eventually established a military dictatorship. |
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| The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England was laid by the... |
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| a system of government in which a ruler holds total power. |
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| Louis XIV maintained complete authority as a Monarch by... |
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| distracting the nobles and royal princes with court life, to keep them out of politics. |
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| The style of painting known as _____ is known for its use of dramatic effects to arouse emotions. |
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| The work of William Shakespeare is perhaps the best example of ____ literature. |
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| Seven percent of the total French population were _____. |
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| The Edict of Nantes recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France, and.... |
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| gave huguenots the right to worship and enjoy all political privileges. |
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| the Thirty Years' war involved all the major European powers except which nation? |
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| The Rump Parliment was.... |
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| what was left after Cromwell purged the members who did not support him. |
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| What was the "Glorious Revolution" |
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| the invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost no bloodshed. |
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| The ____ granted puritans, but not Catholics, the right of public worship. |
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| Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the power of the monarchy by... |
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| taking away the Huguenots political and military rights and executing conspirators. |
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| ____ sought to increase the wealth and power of France by following the ideas of mercantilism. |
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| Saint Peters Basilica in Rome is an example of the work of... |
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| The ideas of ____ can be found in the American Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. |
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| The French national Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was... |
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| A vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French cconstitution. |
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| Lousix XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because... |
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| thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family. |
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| Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because... |
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| thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family. |
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| According to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy... |
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| bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state. |
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| The term sans-culottes, meaning "without breeches," implied that the members of this political group were... |
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| ordinary patriots without fine clothes. |
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| The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to... |
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| defend France from threats. |
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| in attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention |
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| pursued a policy of dechristianization, going as far as to adopt a new calendar. |
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| Napoleons coup d'etat overthrew the ___ to establish his consulate. |
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| The three major parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire were |
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| The French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states. |
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| What were two major reasons that Napoleon's Grand Empire collapsed? |
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The survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism
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France's weak economy and the drain of Napoleon's many wars. |
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| In his final battle Napoleon was defeated by |
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| Which of France's Estates was NOT exempt from the taille? |
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| The third estate (commoners) |
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| The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen poclaimed... |
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| equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women. |
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| Under the Constitution of 1791, the ____ would make the laws. |
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| Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly. |
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| The difference between the Girondins and the Moutain was that |
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| The Girondins leaned toward keeping the king alive, while the mountain wanted the king executed. |
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| ___ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety. |
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| The most important of the seven legal codes established by Napoleon was... |
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| Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was.... |
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| based on ability only, not rank or bith. |
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| The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by... |
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| retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside. |
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| The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at... |
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