During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, European aristocrats found themselves in general
a. more independent from monarchs than they had been during the Middle Ages.
b. no more or less independent from monarchs than they had been during the Middle Ages.
c. less independent from monarchs than they had been during the Middle Ages.
d. winning most of the civil wars that they fought against monarchs.
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) Resentment and hostility toward the conquerors B) Social and cultural changes C) Civil war after the empire collapses D) Advanced technology E) New political structures
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A) a change in military strategy B) little change in their military strategy C) little challenge to their empire D) a new ally in the war effort E) fighting a two-front war, both in the colonies and in Europe