The birth of Liberal State | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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What political system was the most common in Europe at the beginning of the 18th century?

Absolutism

Which document limited the power of the king in the English parliamentary monarchy?

Bill of Rights

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.

What is the name of the economic theory that based wealth on the accumulation of precious metals?

Mercantilism

Which trade route was the most profitable in the 18th century?

Triangular trade

What intellectual and intellectual movement advocated the use of reason to solve social problems? Write it correctly on the board.

Enlightenment

What treaty was signed to end the War of the Spanish Succession?

Treaty of Utrecht

What laws, enacted by Philip V, eliminated the special laws (fueros) of the Crown of Aragon?

Nueva Planta Decrees

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

Where did the members of the National Assembly promise a constitution for France?

On a tennis court

Which political party represented the most moderate ideas during the French Revolution?

Girondins

What instrument was used during theTerror to execute any person suspected of not supporting the Revolution?

Guillotine

How did Napoleon come to power in France?

With a coup d'état

What event led to the beginning of the decline of Napoleon's military power in Europe?

Failed invasion of Russia in 1812

Where was the return to the political system of the Ancien Régime agreed in 1815?

Congress of Vienna

What two ideologies appear after the French Revolution?

Liberalism and Nationalism