Chapter 4 Unit Test Corrections

all of the following are true about james i except:

he was catholic

louis xiv of france revoked the edict of nantes in 1685 in order to:

win gods favor

in the debate over the causes of the english civil war historians support all of the following as candidates for the most important except:

interference by france

the term english civil war is a misnomer because:

most of conflict was over seas

between 1649-1660 england was officially a:

a puritan republic

james ii declaration of indulgence in 1687:

attacked local authority of nobles, landowners, church and other cooperate bodies

james i

claimed "no bishop; no king" in response to calvinist who wanted to eliminate the system of bishops in the anglican church.

evidence for naval and commercial power of dutch can be found in all of the following except:

during three wars between 1652-1674 they were defeated but english

for what reason was a sentence of death imposed on king charles i?

failed to repeatedly keep his promise

europeans power basic strategy against louie xiv policies like those referenced in the passage above was:

forming military alliances in opposition to france

the principal reason england reverted to a monarchial form of government following the interregnum of oliver cromwell lay in cromwells:

inability to establish broad popular support for his government

the 17th century government of estates general of united provinces:

lacked long central authority

henry iv

laid the foundation of france becoming the strongest european power in the 17th century

characteristics of western european absolutism included all of the following except:

make monarchs subordinate to national assemblies

the zone of europe from which much of modern or western civilization has been radiated about 1640 includes:

northern italy, southern scotland, france

the asiento, acquired in the 1713-1714 peace settlement was more valuable to britain than many of its territorial gains. the asiento:

opened up an era of british illicit trade in nonhuman cargoes in spanish america

the french aristocracy was attracted to court of versailles in late 17th century for all of the following reasons except:

oppurtunity to win political power

the petition of right required all of following excerpt:

parliament would meet and confer at least every six months regardless of whether it was summoned by monarch

the series of laws passed by parliament between 1661 and 1665 known as the clarendon code stipulated all of the following except:

penalties being imposed for attending anglican worship services

in the 17tth century, the dutch excelled at all of the following except:

sculptor

louie xiv of france used all of the following methods to assert his absolute power except:

supported janssesnists of part royal community

what was significant about social development being discussed in the passage?

the emergences of civic venues for public discussions

the english philosopher thomas hobbes held that:

the power of the ruler was absolute and prevented civil war

jean bodin

among the first to provide a theoretical basis for absolutist states

in the second half of the 17th century, which of the following countries dominated european culture, politics, and diplomacy?

france

england and france differed in later 17th century because england:

had strong aristocracy and france had a weakened one

overthrow of james ii of england was caused by all of the following except:

preference for scotland

in the passage maurice ashely outlines the deteriorated nature of the relationship between louis xiv and the french nobility and its connection to absolutism. which historical evidence best supports ashley argument?

the governments continuing inability to obtain revenues from nobles

the war of spanish succession ended with:

the grandson of louis xiv becoming king of spain

which of the following was the most immediate cause for the excerpt?

the outcome of the glorious revolution which established parliamentary supremacy

the concept of the european balance of power, as it emerged by the end of the 18th and beginning of 19th centuries, had which of the following as its most fundamental aim?

the prevention of the preponderance of one power in europe

the long parliament, which met from 1640-1660:

used scottish rebellion as means of pressing its own demands