AP-Ch.18 RQ_retake

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During the eighteenth century, the idea of divine right was replaced by what concept?

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"enlightened absolutism" justified by utilitarian arguments.

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Politically, the period from 1715 to 1789 witnessed:

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the continuing process of centralization in the development of nation-states.

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What happened to France in the eighteenth century?

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lost an empire while acquiring a huge public debt.

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The prime minister who furthered British imperial ambitions by acquiring Canada and India was

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William Pitt the Elder.

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By the eighteenth century, the Dutch Republic

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suffered a decline in economic prosperity.

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A continuing trend in eighteenth-century Prussia was

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the social and military dominance of the Junker nobility.

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Under the reign of Frederick William I, Prussia

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developed a civil service staffed by middle-class officials

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Under Frederick II of Prussia, the most important offices in the government usually went to

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members of the nobility

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What was the impact of the Austrian emperor Joseph II's reforms?

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provoked general discontent due to his enlightened but radical reforms

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What did the Austrian emperor Joseph II issue in his effort to reform his domains?

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6,000 decrees and 11,000 new laws