Among most of the countries of Europe, the Netherlands was exceptional in its finances in that:
a. Its citizens emigrated to neighboring countries rather than pay its oppressive tax rates.
b. Its leaders raised revenue by borrowing from merchants and selling positions.
c. Its urban residents were willing to pay higher taxes on manufactures and farming.
d. Its nobles actively resisted the absolutist king's demand for new sources of funding.
c. Its urban residents were willing to pay higher taxes on manufactures and farming.
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Which of the following statements, associated with opposition to the Jacobins, is true?
a. All of the answers are correct. b. Foreign monarchies planned war on France. c. Thousands of Catholics died opposing Jacobin attacks on the Church. d. The bourgeoisie opposed the seizure of private property. e. People in the provinces resented the radicalism they associated with Paris.
Indicate the provisions of the Jay Treaty, and examine the debate and final vote in the House of Representatives over appropriation of funds to carry out the treaty's provisions.
What will be an ideal response?
Latin Christendom refers to the area denoted as the __________ on Map 7.2
A) Persian Empire B) Hunnic Empire C) Western Roman Empire D) Eastern Roman Empire
The most tragic failure of the Latin American revolutions occurred in Mexico and centered on
A) Francisco de Miranda. B) Father Hidalgo. C) Jose´ de San Marti´n. D) Si´mon Boli´var. E) Pancho Villa.