Medieval French kings did all of the following EXCEPT
a. establishing an efficient bureaucracy staffed by members of the bourgeoisie and lesser nobles, persons dependent on the king.
b. claiming to have been selected directly by God to rule.
c. exercising absolute power.
d. earning the allegiance of many of their subjects through their role in the Hundred Years' War.
e. unilaterally levying taxes and maintaining a standing army.
c
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By 1914 the leading industrial power in the world was
a. England. b. Germany. c. Japan. d. None of these answers are correct.
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A) American boycotts of tea and other imported goods B) colonial participation in the Boston Tea Party C) the mob violence associated with the tar-and-feathering of tax collectors D) punish colonists for settling west of the Appalachians
Before 1878, most European attempts at colonizing Africa happened
a. in Nigeria only. b. throughout the interior. c. throughout the entire continent. d. in island territories. e. along the coast.