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All of the following were necessary for the extensive development of railroads except
large markets, lots of factories, and government regulation
all of the following are considered to be necessary preconditions for European industrialization except
well-organized government bureaucracy and tax system
Continental and US industrialist could catch up with British relatively quickly after 1815 because of all of the following circumstances except
independently motivated engineers and manufactures
The German journalist Friedrich List wrote that British free trade ..” make the rest of the world like the Hindus, it’s serfs in all industrial and commercial relations.” what was the basis of calling Hindus serfs
the British east India company forced Indians to grow cotton for them and then to buy back cloth manufactured in Britqin
industry developed in nations outside Britain because
the German states through direct trade with Britain, gained unprecedented access to the most modern equipment
how did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the Industrial Revolution
with the greater productivity of farms, many unemployed workers moved to cities to take jobs in factories and the cities in turn had the food necessary to support the additional population
one of the major economic causes for British industrial success was
a sound banking system that provided necessary credit
what was the most efficient system of transportation in Britain in the nineteenth century
steam powered railroad
the effect of nineteenth century technological developments in Britain included all of the following Except
England began its first textile industry
one of the main reasons the industrial revolution grew at a slower pace on the continent than in the Great Britain was that
European countries roads and river transportation were not as good as Britains
What attributes of laissez faire economy were key to the development of the industrial revolution
private ownership, free enterprise, profit motive, competition, and market economy
the fundamental cause for the leaders of American Rebels to push for independence from Great Britain was
imperial, mercantilist economic policies
Why did Louis XVI agree to call for elections of the Estates General in 1788, when it had t been called in 164 years
he wanted the estates general to take blame for taxing the 1st and 2nd estates for ten first time in a millennium
what was so remarkable about the women’s March to Versailles that is captured in the image
the women were well armed
the National Assembly of the French Revolution passed all of the following laws except the
establishment of a republic
the orthodox Russia church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the various Protestant had which of the following institutional policies in common in the eighteenth century
significant state control of ecclesiastical appointments
most small family members opposed the enclosure movement of the agricultural revolution, while the aristocrats general supported it because
it would remove common lands from village use
all of the following contributed to the Dutch being the originators of many of the agricultural innovations in the eighteenth century except they
possessed an intensely agricultural economy
Guilds remained important organizations in urban areas of Europe in the eighteenth century because they
provided economic and social stability for craftsmen and their families
the concept of the creation of an eighteenth century industrious society is one that tries to explain which of the following phenomenon
the beginning of the textile manufacturing process in Western Europe
the combination of the treaty of Utrecht and the treaty of Paris were significant in European foreign relations for all the following reasons except
the Portuguese had to give their ports in Southeast Asia to the Dutch
the appearance of creole and mestizo ethnic groups in Latin America was a result of
Iberian immigrants being predominantly male
As Great Britain developed economically after 1750, it required all of the following except
a greater percentage of people employed in agriculture
According to Adam Smith, government should limit itself to all of the following except
regulating trade
the chief reason for the importation of African slaves into the new world was
spanish decline to eliminate the Portugese as competitors for empire
Which of the following was the most important assumption underlying the economic philosophy of mercantilism
the wealth of nations was limited and needed to be carefully preserved by holding on to and adding to ones gold and silver supply
all of the following were causes to the agricultural revolution in Great Britain except
navigation acts
the biggest disadvantage to the workers into eh cottage industry was
earning very low wages because there were so many people to choose from
the navigation acts were a form of mercantilism because they
insisted that all good shipped to Great Britain or to their colonies were shipped by British ships
which of the following was a result of the development of rural manufacturing in the eighteenth century
the formation of a working class
which of the following is the most characteristic of voltaires ideas
empiricism and religios tolerance are to be celebrated
the Hapsburg emperor Charles Via issued his pragmatic sanction in order to
Provide legal right for his daughter to become Empress of Austria
what was the most significant contribution of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo in the scientific revolution
making direct observation
which of the following statements is most accurate for those rulers in the eighteenth century who are labeled enlightened absolutist
they toyed with the ideas of reform but refused to put limits on their royal prerogatives
what was the significance of Newtons law of universal gravity for the scientific revolution and the enlightenment thinkers
it provided a single, understandable answer to a complex set of problems
Rousseaus concept of the ideal government was centered on the
the general will
Locked Treatises on Civil Government allowed subjects to revolt provided that
government had violated property rights
which of the following is true regarding the salons of the eighteenth century
they discussed social questions as well as literacy works
Voltaire support
religious toleration
Montesquieu was the originator of which of the following theories
separation of powers
what is the connection between Rene Descartes as the philosopher who wrote “I think therefore I am,” and the inventor of analytical geometry
Descartes started with the simplest point to argue to the most complex
the Catholic Church did not object to Copernicus idea of heliocentric universe until sixteenth century vecause
it did don’t become an issue until the counter reformation cracked down on dissent
what was the significance of newtons law of universal gravity for the scientific revolution and the enlightenment thinkers
provided single, elegant answer to complex set of problems
if censorship was so prevalent in France, now did the enlightenment philosophies get their work known and distributed
their works were published abroad, smuggled in, and sold on the black markets
why didn’t any of the enlightened absolutists rulers of the eighteenth century free their serfs or slaves as part of their commitment to social reforms
they feared rebellions or political unrest by either the freedmen or the aristocrats if they did so
the erudite ides of the scientific revolution and enlightenment got into the middle and lower classes in all of the following ways except
increased numbers of public schools
which of the following is the most important reason why Florence became the cultural center of the Renaissance
the wealth and patronage of the Medici family
