Question 1

What is meant by the phrases "balance of power" and "reason of state"? How did those concepts influence international relations in the eighteenth century?

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Question 2

What "advantages" did Britain have over the continental nations in the eighteenth century, politically and economically?

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Question 3

Why did the governments of Europe develop in such radically different ways during the eighteenth century, particularly when comparing east to west?

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Question 4

What were the characteristics of enlightened absolutism, and to what extent did the monarchies of eighteenth-century Prussia, Austria, and Russia meet the aims of enlightened absolutism? How did they fall short of employing enlightened ideals?

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Question 5

Was there an agricultural revolution in the eighteenth century? Why or why not?

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Question 6

How and why did the nobility play a dominant role in the European society of the eighteenth century?

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Question 7

Did the social order in Europe genuinely change during the eighteenth century, or were there simply alterations made to an ongoing system?

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Question 8

Given the numerous social and economic changes of the eighteenth century, those at the bottom of society often found themselves much worse off than in earlier centuries.Why?

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Question 9

What was the nature of war and diplomacy in the eighteenth century? How would you compare the nature of war and diplomacy in the eighteenth century with that of the seventeenth century?

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Question 10

Did family life experience significant change during the eighteenth century? Why or why not?

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Question 11

Compare and contrast the development of the two Atlantic seaboard states of France and Great Britain during the eighteenth-century.How were they alike? How were they different?

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Question 12

What grievances prompted the Seven Years' War? Which powers gained the most from the conflict, and which powers emerged weakened?

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Quiz 18: The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change