HISTORY QUIZ 1

A civil conflict in -blank- in 1647 to 1652 was the Fronde.

France

Long Parliament

lasted twenty years

intendants

local royal French officials

A system of government intervention to promote national prosperity and to increase the power of the country is called

mercantilism

Quebec

first permanent French settlement

During whose reign was the Habeas Corpus passed and the Whig and Tory parties developed?

Charles II

Instrument of Government

England's only written constitution

James I

English translation of the Bible

The English and French colonial rivalry climaxed with the:

French and Indian War

Describe a joint stock company.

One acquires ownership by buying shares which are the wealth of the company profits depend on success and share of stocks if company fails one is responsible just for his own shares.

Oliver Cromwell

Lord Protector

Which was NOT a feature of mercantilism?

Maximizing imports over exports

When the Spanish Armada was defeated, England remained independent and

Protestant

Richelieu

chief minister of France

Richelieu attacked La Rochelle because of religious intolerance.

false

The Navigation Acts were meant to destroy Spanish trade.

false

Under Cromwell as the Lord protector, government became more and more orderly and peaceful.

false

When more goods are exported than imported, the trade balance is said to be

favorable

Versailles

palace of Louis XIV

Petition of Right

ranks with Magna Carta in importance

Three causes of the English civil wars were:

supremacy of the King or Parliament, national church or religious freedom for Protestants, new economic groups wanting a role in government

An important principle of English Petition of Right was that no taxes could be raised without the consent of

the Parliament

Louis XIV

the sun king