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WorksheetsThe Old Regime and the Enlightenment
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which political system is characteristic of the Ancien Regime?
Democratic Republic
Republic
Absolute monarchy
Parliamentary monarchy
Absolute monarchs ruled on basis of
popular sovereingnity
divine right
elective
the power of the Parliament
What type of society did the Ancien Regime have?
Class-based
Egalitarian
Communism
Estate-based
What philosophical movement criticised the Ancien Regime?
Humanism
Enlightenment
Empiricism
Rationalism
The main characteristics of the Enlightenment are….
Absolutism, faith in God, intolerance, and statements.
Liberalism, reason, progress, tolerance, and fraternity.
Democracy, work on factories, republics and bitcoins.
Select the main characteristics of the Bill of Rights (multiple option)
Limited the monarch´s power
Parliament was divided into two chambers (house of lords and house of commons)
Women suffrage
Create a Republic
Royal manufacturers... (multiple option)
Produced luxury goods
Were located in large workshops
Were the origin of the first factories
Were made by peasants in their own home and sold them to the Royal family
The House of Commons...
is the upper chamber
represent the clergy and the rest of the population
both are correct
is the lower chamber and represents the bourgeoisie
Agriculture in the Old Regime... (multiple option)
was characterised by the subsistence farming
land cannot be separated
low productivity and scarce technological improvements
was the basis of the ecomomy
Why did the American colonies go to war against Britain?
They didn't feel british
They weren't represented in the parliament
They thought being free was a better option
They wanted a new monarchy
Who was the first president of USA?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Jhon Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Adam Smith felt that nations could become wealthy by
Nationalizing key industries
Imposing high taxes on trade
Protecting domestic businesses
Allowing free trade with other nations
The Dutch gained their independence after a revolt (that continued through the 30 Years War) from which Imperial Power
Brandenburg (Prussia)
France
Spain (and the Hapsburgs)
Russia
Who thought that separation of powers was crucial?
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Diderot
Voltaire
Social contract - We (the people) obey the rules, they (government) protect our rights
Locke
Rousseau
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Diderot
Freedom of expression is essential for
Locke
Rousseau
Diderot
Voltaire
Montesquieu
After the succesion war, what did the Nueva Planta Decrees provoke?
The union of Castile and Aragon
The conquer of Gibraltar and Mallorca
The implementation of the laws of Castile
After the Succesion war, what does the Treaty of Utrecht do?
Concludes various agreements for the end of the armed conflict
Recognizes the victory of the Austrian side.
Starts a parliamentary monarchy in Spain
Which monarch and which dynasty ruled Spain after the War of Succession?
Philip V, of the Bourbons.
Philip V, of the Habsburgs.
Charles of Habsburg, of the Bourbons.
After winning the War, Philip V passed the "Nueva Planta Decrees"*
Decretos de Nueva Planta
The privileges and institutions (fueros) of the Crown of Aragon were suppressed.
The privileges and independence were increased to the institutions of Valencia and Catalonia.
The riot of Esquilache was an uprising...
Against Esquilache for the modification of clothing and as a protest to a subsistence crisis.
Against the monarch Charles V for implementing reforms against the privileged.
Against Esquilache for implementing reforms in education.
What was part of the Spanish reforms?
Allowing other Spanish ports to trade with the Americas.
Foundation of royal factories and art and trade schools
Modernise agriculture and repopulate abandoned areas.
Which are scientists of the enlightenment era?
Rosseau
Isaac Newton
Montesquieu
In which two chambers was divided the parliament?
There was no, all power was held by the king
House of Commons and House of assembly
House of Lords and House of Commons.
On what three pillars was the Enlightenment based on?
Physics, progress and biology
Divine right, critical thinking and progress
Critical thinking, economic liberalism and absolutism
Which was not a parliamentary system?
French System
English System
Dutch System
What did the government do to promote and improve the Spanish industry and transportation?
Build a radial network.
Found royal factories and art and trade schools.
Modernise the railroads
When did the Spanish Netherlands obtain independence?
1581
1600
1595
Who believed in a natural religion and freedom of speech?
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltaire
What ports had the monopoly trading with the Americas?.
Valencia and Barcelona.
Malaga and Almería.
Seville and Cádiz.
The government helped promote and improve the Spanish transportation network
by creating a radial road network
founding royal factories
creating monopolies to avoid free trade
When was the Encyclopédie published?
In 1851
In 1751
In 1647
The State used physiocratic ideas to
modernise Transport
modernise commerce
modernise religion
modernise agriculture
What did Isaac Newton contribute to?
the classification of living things
the invention of electricity
the first vaccine
mechanical and gravitational physics
Who made a great chemistry discovery?
Carl Linnaeus
Antoine Lavoisier
How many estates were in the Ancien Régime?
TWO -
the privileged and the non privileged
THREE
1º Clergy
2º--the nobility--
3º peasants +craftsmen+ bourgeoisie
THREE -
The monarch, the knights, and the peasants
Philip , duke of Anjou, of the House of Bourbon, was the grandson of Louis XIV, and became Philip V, starting the Bourbon dynasty
TRUE
FALSE
The House of Bourbons
weakened* the nobility to in crease their power *debilitaron
centraliced their power in the secretariats*
*predecessors of the ministers
divided the Spanish territory into provinces
were allied with the Bourbon monarchy in France*
*rivals of Great Britain
The Peace of Utrech, after the Succesion war, ended with
Philip V as a king of Spain
Great Britain received Gibraltar and Menorca, and the monopoly of slave trade in America
we lost the Spanish Netherlands, the Duchy of Milan, Naples and Sardinia*-Bélgica, Milán, Nápoles y Cerdeña
Charles, archduke of Austria won those territories
The Spanish Succession war started because Carlos II* died young without children
*House of Habsburg - Los Austrias
TRUE
FALSE
The new dinasty passed the NUEVA PLANTA drecrees *
decretos de Nueva Planta
Triying to centralise the country
Abolishing fueros and privileges of Aragón Cataluña, Valencia and Mallorca
Giving power to the nobility
Taking power from the nobility
Appart from losing Gibraltar, Menorca, Milan, Naples an Sardinia, we lost another Mediterranean island
Sicily,
Malta
Chipre
Gibraltar was important due to its location, controlling a strait*
*debido a su posición, controlando un estrecho
TRUE
FALSE
Could the king pass laws?*
Aprobar leyes
Yes, with the help of the parliament in a parliamentary system
Yes, during absolutism, the king could pass laws
Yes, always. A king can pass any law at anytime
Which monarch and dynasty ruled Spain after the War of Succession?
Charles of Habsburg, of the Bourbons.
Philip V, of the Habsburgs.
Philip V, of the Bourbons.
