Question 1

What caused the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century? What were some of the technological innovations and why were they important? Why did Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution? 
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Question 2

Did the agricultural revolution or the Industrial Revolution more profoundly affect eighteenth-century life? Why? 
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Question 3

Describe city life under the ancien régime addressing the following factors: economic structure, politics, and social divisions. Compare and contrast conditions with those of a Western city in the twenty-first century. 
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Question 4

What were the primary social divisions in ancien régime Europe? What were the primary sources of division between them? Of consensus? 
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Question 5

How was Peter the Great able to consolidate the power of the Russian monarchy? How did he curb the power of the boyars and the streltsy? How did his reforms affect the population as a whole?
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17, Compare and contrast the English and the French political models. What are the ideological foundations of these systems? Were both systems successful?
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Question 6

Imagine yourself as a farmer in eighteenth-century Europe. What would be your concerns and grievances? Would your condition be the same in France, England, and Russia?
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Question 7

Describe the structure of families in preindustrial Europe. What are the differences between urban and rural families? What was the role of women in the family?
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Quiz 20: State Building and Society in Early Modern Europe

What caused the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century? What were some of the technological innovations and why were they important? Why did Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution? Conceptual

Did the agricultural revolution or the Industrial Revolution more profoundly affect eighteenth-century life? Why? Conceptual

Describe city life under the ancien régime addressing the following factors: economic structure, politics, and social divisions. Compare and contrast conditions with those of a Western city in the twenty-first century. Conceptual

What were the primary social divisions in ancien régime Europe? What were the primary sources of division between them? Of consensus? Conceptual

Imagine yourself as a farmer in eighteenth-century Europe. What would be your concerns and grievances? Would your condition be the same in France, England, and Russia? Conceptual

Describe the structure of families in preindustrial Europe. What are the differences between urban and rural families? What was the role of women in the family? Conceptual