What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?
a. Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion
b. Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots
c. Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury
d. Emerging victorious from the Fronde revolts of the nobility
e. Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy
e
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A) responded enthusiastically B) agreed to send money and supplies but not men C) were ambivalent about joining up D) rioted against fighting a war to free slaves
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A) completion of the Santa Fe Trail. B) start of the gold rush. C) end of the Mexican War. D) severe unemployment in the East.
Louis Kossuth is associated with
a. working-class leadership in Vienna in 1848. b. directing the bombardment of Prague by conservative forces. c. leading the Magyars of Hungary as they sought liberal reforms. d. military leadership of a pro-Hapsburg Croat army. e. the great landlords' opposition to liberalization in Hungary.
Many nationalists in European colonies found themselves engulfed in personal turmoil because they
a. were often more Westernized than the countrymen whom they wanted to liberate. b. had no knowledge of the local traditions. c. wanted to accept all Western culture. d. totally rejected any efforts at modernization. e. were completed undecided about which path to pursue.