Match the following statements to a political system: c) ‘Sovereignty essentially consists of the general will of the people’.
(c) Democracy/ Parliamentarism
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Explain the following term: Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia: reasoned dictionary that intended to be a summary of the knowledge of the time.
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What measures did Carlos III take to strengthen the economy?
Free trade with America from Spanish ports; new land was farmed; the privileges of the Mesta were reduced; Royal factories were created
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What caused the War of the Spanish Succession?
The War of the Spanish Succession began when the Habsburgo King Carlos II died childless in 1700, leaving two rival candidates for the Spanish throne.
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Which European territories did Spain lose after the War of the Spanish Succession? Which countries gained those territories?
Great Britain received Gibraltar and Menorca, Austria received Spanish territory in Flanders and Italy.
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Explain the following term: Enlightened despotism:
Form of government in which the king works to bring happiness to his subjects
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Explain the following term: Old Regime
The Old Regime was the political, social and economic system that many parts of Europe followed until the 18th century.
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Explain the following term: Economic Society of Friends of the Country
one of the private associations of enlightened thinkers that met to discuss a variety of subjects.
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Match the following statements to a political system: b) ‘I am the state’.
Absolutism
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Explain the following term: the Nueva Planta decrees
Decrees which abolished the charters and institutions of the Crown of Aragón.
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Explain why the following have become historical figures: Philip V
Philip V: first Spanish king from the Bourbon house (1700-1746). He introduced the administrative centralisation of the Bourbons
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Explain the following term: Absolutism
Absolutism was the system of government in many parts of 18th-century Europe, in which the monarchs held full legislative, executive and judicial powers.
