Contextualizing State Building: Practice Questions

• a.

  James I

• b.

  James II

• c.

  Charles II

• d.

  Charles I

• a.

  It abolished the House of Lords, creating a unicameral legislature.

• b.

  It established that the monarch could not maintain a standing army or levy taxes without parliamentary consent.

• c.

  It granted the monarch the right to veto any legislation passed by the House of Commons.

• d.

  It established universal male suffrage for all landowning citizens.

• a.

  Applied the principle of the balance of power to prevent any one nation from dominating Europe.

• b.

  Ended the Thirty Years' War and established the principle of cuius regio, eius religio.

• c.

  Created a unified German state under the leadership of the Prussian Hohenzollerns.

• d.

  Formally recognized the independence of the United States of America.

• a.

  To convert the Russian Orthodox Church to Roman Catholicism.

• b.

  To acquire technical knowledge and forge alliances against the Ottoman Empire.

• c.

  To establish a permanent Russian colony in the Americas.

• d.

  To negotiate a peace treaty ending the Great Northern War with Sweden.

• a.

  Encouraging the free export of raw materials to stimulate agricultural production.

• b.

  The creation of a national bank to issue paper currency and manage national debt.

• c.

  Abolishing internal tariffs while raising high protective tariffs on imported goods.

• d.

  The implementation of a flat tax on all subjects regardless of social estate.

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