Why did the government of France become the center of European absolutism? Why not Russia? Was it simply fate or chance or were there other factors which could explain why the era became known as the Age of Louis XIV?
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a. The Mexican government denied Anglo-American settlers the right to own land. b. The Mexican government did not grant women any rights. c. Many Anglo-American settlers refused to convert to Catholicism. d. Many Anglo-American settlers refused to practice any religion. e. Many Anglo-American settlers refused to pay taxes.
The former mining engineer and head of the Belgian Relief Commission, whom Wilson named to mobilize America's agricultural resources, was
A) William Jennings Bryan. B) Herbert Hoover. C) William G. McAdoo. D) Frank P. Walsh.
During whose reign did the New Kingdom reach its pinnacle?
A) Amenhotep III B) Thutmose III C) Hatshepsut D) Cleopatra E) Akhenaten
Which of the following strategies was influential in ending the Soviet Union's blockade of East Berlin?
A) ?the intervention of U.N. peacekeeping forces B) ?U.S. military intervention and the threat of nuclear intervention C) ?the steady supply of food, fuel, and medical supplies delivered by airlift D) ?sympathy strikes among people within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe E) ?secret negotiations between the foreign ministers of the United States and the Soviet Union