What plagued both eastern and western European countries during the seventeenth century?
A) Successive attempts at conquest by both the Muslims and the Mongols
B) The rise of empires in both eastern and western territories, threatening the smaller countries stuck in between
C) Rivalries among rulers, civil wars among nobles, religious struggles, and campaigns of persecution against the Jews
D) Political instability, due to religious upheaval and warfare
E) A campaign of destructive trade policies internal to Europe
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. worked very well. b. strengthened the communists' will in North Vietnam and in South Vietnam to resist American efforts to persuade them to sue for peace. c. strengthened the will of America's South Vietnamese allies to fight. d. had no effect on the war. e. destroyed North Vietnamese industry.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was issued by __________.
A. Louis XVI B. the National Constituent Assembly C. the Directory D. the First Estate