1. What are the names of the kings that rule in Spain in the 18th century?
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Felipe V, Fernando IV, Carlos III and Carlos IV.
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2. Main characteristics of the old regime:
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Absolute monarchy, stratified society, lordly economy with agrarian base.
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3. What had caused the subsistence crisis in the 18th century?
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Scarcity periods and a price increase.
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4. What are the reasons of the increase of the population?
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Because of the absence of big epidemics, the introduction of new crops, the better economy situation due to the relative peace.
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5. Classification of the stratified society.
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Privileged people: the King, clergy and nobility.
Non- privileged: bourgeoisie and common people.
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6. During the absolutism, which privileges had the nobility?
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They lived of their land rents, they didn´t pay any taxes, and they had the right of asking for it to the peasants and they had honorific, economic and fiscal concessions.
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7. What is the Enlightenment?
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A movement of intellectual character that put in question the beginning of the old regime.
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8. What means mercantilism?
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Theory that depends on the accumulation of precious metals like the main source of wealth and business.
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9. What principles did the French scholars defend in their writings?
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Freedom and equality of all human beings.
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10. What were the two houses of the Parliament during the English Revolution?
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Lords and Commons.
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11. What is required to have a monarchy of limited power, as England?
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Was conditioned by the Parliament, the executive and legislative power were separated and the justice was independent.
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12. When has been the USA’s Declaration of Independence signed?
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4th July, 1776.
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13. Which was the motto of the American Revolution?
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Liberty, equality and tolerance.
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14.How many English colonies composed the first United States of America?
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13.
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15. In the American State, what warranted the Constitutional text?
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Separation and balance of power, it was establishing a form of government with power for the president and a federal structure.
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16. What rights are in the declaration of rights in the country’s first constitution?
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Ensured freedom of religion of the press, freedom of expression, assembly and the right to be tried by a jury.
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17. What countries participated in the war of succession?
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Great Britain, Holland and Portugal against France and part of Spain (Not Aragon).
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18. Who were the two first Spanish Bourbon?
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Felipe V and Fernando VI.
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19. Which were the main objectives of the Spanish enlightened after the crisis of the Austria’s empire?
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The economic increase, society, reform, a better education and a modernization on the Spanish culture.
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20. How did the Spanish economy improve on the 18th century?
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There was a population increase, an agriculture and business growth and an industrial modernization.
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1-Which were the economically causes of the French Revolution?
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The financial crisis, bad harvests and great expenses.
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2- When started the French Revolution (year)?
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In 1789
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3- What proposed the third state at the begining of the revolution?
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The double representation, the joint deliberation and the vote per person
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4-What happened the 14th of July of 1789?
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With the threat of a reaction of the privileged, the people took the Bastille's prison initiating the Revolution.
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5-Which were the main stages and dates of the French Revolution?
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The constitutional monarchy (1789-1792), the democratic republic(1792-1794) and the bourgeoisie republic(1794-1799).
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6-Which was the longest period in the French Revolution?
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The bourgeoisie republic.
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7-How was proclaimed the republic?
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It was proclaimed because the sans-culottes attacked the palace and jailed the monarch.
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8-Why did the European monarchies form the coalition against the revolutionary France?
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Because of the death of Luis XVI.
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9-Which two main events occurred in 1793?
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The Jacobins took the power and they published a new constitution.
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10-When took place the coup d'etat of termidor?
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In July 1794.
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11-What did Napoleon do?
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He allowed the return of the exiled people who accepted the new order and he signed a Concordat with the church to established a religious peace.
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12- How did Napoleon's Empire fall?
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In 1814 Russia and Spain beat his empire and he left the power. But he returned a year later and in the Waterloo Battle he was defeated and imprisoned on St. Helena Island.
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13. What did the winners of Napoleon create at the Congress of Vienna?
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They created the Holy Alliance.
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14. What did the liberalism advocate?
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It advocated a representative system, the division of powers and a property of law.
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15.What did the nationalism want to keep?
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It wanted to keep the rights of people to decide themselves.
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16. Which were the successes of the revolutions of 1820 and 1830?
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The revolution of 1820 succeeded in Greece and the colonies in Latin America and the revolution of 1830 succeeded in France, Belgium, Poland, Britain and Spain.
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17- What had in common the union of Italy and Germany?
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Firstly, both of them where manage by the most developed territory (Piedmont and Prussia). And both had been uninfected after lots of internal wars.
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18-What did Garibaldi with a popular uprising?
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He overthrew the monarch of the states of the middle and the south of Italy.
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19- How was proved the advance of the nationalism in Europe?
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By the revolutions of 1848 when a Germany parliament shows to the king of Prussia an uninfected Germany.
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20- What kinds of conflicts continued in the late of XIX century?
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Big national problems in Austria and Turkey, the advance of the democracy against the liberalism and the fight for the recognition of the social rights.
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