5 Written Questions

1. This was the empress of Russia (1762-1796) who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia, created a new law code, and greatly expanded Russia
2. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790). LAIZZE FAIRE economics!
3. British Prime Minister (tory) during revolution. He had passed the Coercive Acts and supported the king to the extent that Britain was ruled only by the king.
4. Louis XV's minister from 1768-1774, engineered the overthrow of the Parlement of Paris
5. French political philosopher & writer who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

5 Matching Questions

1. Frederick The Great
2. John Wilkes
3. Voltaire
4. physiocrats
5. Maria Theresa

1. a French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778). Deist. Advocated for freedom of thought.
2. b opponents of mercantilism
3. c English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
4. d This was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria, strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs
5. e King of Prussia (1740-1786). Successful in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), he brought Prussia great military prestige in Europe.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A peasant who led a peasant revolt against Catherine but it resulted in worse conditions for them than before
   1. Pugachev
   2. Maupeou
   3. Louis XV
   4. Quesnay
2. Founded the Methodist church
   1. Quesnay
   2. John Wesley
   3. Montesquieu
   4. John Wilkes
3. main writer of the Encyclopedia
   1. Turgot
   2. Diderot
   3. Maupeou
   4. Quesnay
4. leader of physiocrats in France who opposed mercantilist policies-sought to reform the existing agrarian system by instituting laissez faire in agriculture
   1. Rousseau
   2. Quesnay
   3. Turgot
   4. Louis XV
5. grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774)
   1. Quesnay
   2. Louis XV
   3. Rousseau
   4. Pugachev

5 True/False Questions

1. Emperor Leopold → main writer of the Encyclopedia

   True        False

2. Warren Hastings → 1732-1818, governor of Bengal 1772, Governor General of India 1773-85, expansion of British power up Ganges river

   True        False

3. Edmund Burke → English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)

   True        False

4. Joseph II → (r. 1780-1790) Habsburgs ruler who controlled the Cath Church closely, granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews, and abolished serfdom. Enlightened despot.

   True        False

5. Turgot → main writer of the Encyclopedia

   True        False