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The birth of Liberal State

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  • What political system was the most common in Europe at the beginning of the 18th century?
    Absolutism
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  • Which document limited the power of the king in the English parliamentary monarchy?
    Bill of Rights
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  • What three privileges did the nobility and the clergy have in the Ancien Régime?
    They don't pay taxes, they have different laws and they hold political positions.
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  • What is the name of the economic theory that based wealth on the accumulation of precious metals?
    Mercantilism
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  • Which trade route was the most profitable in the 18th century?
    Triangular trade
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  • What intellectual and intellectual movement advocated the use of reason to solve social problems? Write it correctly on the board.
    Enlightenment
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  • What treaty was signed to end the War of the Spanish Succession?
    Treaty of Utrecht
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  • What laws, enacted by Philip V, eliminated the special laws (fueros) of the Crown of Aragon?
    Nueva Planta Decrees
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  • Why was the French monarchy heavily in debt at the end of the 18th century?
    Court's excessive spending on luxuries and France's participation in military conflicts
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  • Where did the members of the National Assembly promise a constitution for France?
    On a tennis court
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  • Which political party represented the most moderate ideas during the French Revolution?
    Girondins
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  • What instrument was used during theTerror to execute any person suspected of not supporting the Revolution?
    Guillotine
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  • How did Napoleon come to power in France?
    With a coup d'état
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  • What event led to the beginning of the decline of Napoleon's military power in Europe?
    Failed invasion of Russia in 1812
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  • Where was the return to the political system of the Ancien Régime agreed in 1815?
    Congress of Vienna
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  • What two ideologies appear after the French Revolution?
    Liberalism and Nationalism
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