Why did medieval lords support the rise of towns, despite the threat they posed to the tradition social order?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Towns as a balance against nobility in favor of kings
2. The economic value of towns
3. Rulers' need to centralize authority
4. Towns as sites of prestigious institutions and power
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Nixon and Kissinger's May 1972 trip to Moscow resulted in
A) increased tensions between the two superpowers over their inability to reach any agreement. B) disagreement over the pace and direction of Soviet Union's nuclear program. C) an agreement to stop production of nuclear ballistic missiles and to permit large sales of American grain to the Soviet Union. D) an agreement to reduce all nuclear weapons in their armaments and a promise by the U.S. to disengage in Vietnam.
France and the German states experienced rapid economic growth after 1850 because
A) they profited from borrowed British technology. B) populations increased. C) there was a long period of peace. D) they eliminated internal barriers to trade, such as tariffs and tolls. E) all of the above.
A support for the removal of religion from science was found in the ideas of
a. deism. b. the Scientific Method. c. materialism d. heliocentrism e. pure gospel in the Reformation.
How many states did not have to draft new constitutions, since they already had republican governments as part of their colonial charters?
A) none B) one C) two D) three E) four