Discuss the impact of the Edict of Nantes. What do you think were Henry IV's motives in issuing the Edict of Nantes? Did the edict have a lasting impact on religious liberty in France?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Henry IV's challenge in bridging the Protestant and Catholic factions
2. Henry IV's conversion to Catholicism
3. The assassination of Henry IV
4. Limits of the edict and separation between Catholic and Protestant communities
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a. The native populations' revenues were taxed. b. Revenues were acquired through military conquests of various neighboring peoples. c. Local Spanish officials collected revenues by use of native labor or tributes. d. All revenues received through native labor or tributes went directly to the monarch. e. All revenues received through native labor or tributes went to the church for teaching the natives about Christianity.
The Intercourse Act of 1790 was an attempt to solve problems in trade with:
A) the British West Indies. B) Spanish New Orleans. C) Indian tribes. D) the French Caribbean.
Sam Brannan
a. was a major opponent of vigilantism. b. did more than anyone else to instigate vigilantism in San Francisco. c. was nearly executed by the vigilantes of Los Angeles. d. strongly opposed the actions of the 1856 San Francisco Committee of Vigilance.
Puritans objected to the way Queen Elizabeth I's bishops interpreted the Protestant doctrine of predestination because the bishops argued that
A) the morality of individual behavior on earth had no effect on God's decision about a person's salvation. B) people who knew they were saved need not be bound by earthly laws. C) a person's efforts to lead a good life might cause God to change His mind and save a person who was previously damned. D) the correctness of an individual's religious beliefs had no effect on whether a person was saved or damned.