The Puritans fled England in order to protest the new customs duties when they failed to obtain exemption from Catholic services * when James I became determined to maintain and enhance the Anglican episcopy none of the above The Petition of Right required no taxation without representation * forbade forced loans without the consent of Parliament allowed billeting of troops in private homes allowed the king to imprison freemen without due cause After dissolving Parliament in 1629, Charles I did not call it again until 1640 when the nobility demanded that he do so general rebellion among the common people broke out in southern England * England went to war with Scotland both a and b One of the notorious extra-Parliamentary taxes of Charles I was called * ship money High Commission Navigation Act Declaration of Independence The policy of "thorough" refers to the religious reforms the Puritans advocated Louis XIV's persecution of the Huguenots Charles II's laws aimed at Dutch commercial competition * Charles I's attempt at strict efficiency and administrative centralization Charles I's major opposition in Parliament came from William Laud * John Pym John Knox Earl of Stafford The "Long Parliament" refers to the Parliament called after the Scottish invasion in 1640 is so named because it stood for over five years resolved that Parliament could not be dissolved without its own consent * both a and c The major accomplishment of the Long Parliament was a triumph of the bourgeoisie over the aristocracy the abolition of the episcopal system * a declaration of political and religious rights against royal government both a and c The "Grand Remonstrance" was * a 200-article summary of parliamentary grievances against the crown a denunciation of the Puritans by the Anglican church a criticism of Puritan demands by the Long Parliament a declaration of the king against the illegality of the Long Parliament and its leader, John Pym The "Roundheads" were supporters of Charles I in the Civil War * supporters of Parliament in the Civil War the nobility who supported the king none of the above The "Cavaliers" were bodyguards of the king soldiers of Cromwell aristocrats who fled England during the Civil War * none of the above Which best explains Parliament's victory in the Civil War? the king had no support from the English people France intervened in favor of Parliament Parliament had the law on its side * the Scottish alliance and Cromwell's military reforms The Solemn League and Covenant was a Scottish pledge to maintain their struggle against England until they gained independence a Puritan pledge to resist all political attempts to break apart their religious unity an agreement committing Parliament and the Scots to an episcopal system of church governance * an agreement committing Parliament and the Scots to a presbyterian system of church governance The so-called "Rump Parliament" abolished the House of Lords abolished the Anglican church consisted of less than 50 members * all of the above From 1649 to 1660, England was in fact a military despotism but officially was called a(n) constitutional monarchy absolute monarchy Puritan republic led by a conservative coalition of generals * Puritan republic led by Oliver Cromwell Cromwell's official title was First Lord * Lord Protector Lord General none of the above Why did Parliament readily support the monarchy of Charles II? * dissatisfaction with Cromwell's Puritan republic regret over the execution of Charles I desire to start a new dynasty both a and c Which statement best describes Charles II? * a man of considerable charm and political skill a strict Catholic who fought with Parliament over religious toleration a politically astute individual who failed to solve England's financial crisis both a and c The Clarendon Code was a series of laws which * excluded Roman Catholics, Presbyterians and Independents from the political life of the nation proposed complete religious toleration as desired by Charles II joined Ireland, England and Scotland in the formation of Great Britain none of the above The Navigation Acts maintained that all exports from England be carried in English ships struck directly at the Dutch as original suppliers of imports vital to the English economy * led to a series of naval wars with Holland both b and c The Treaty of Dover, of 1670, formally allied the English and the Dutch against the French * required Charles II to convert to Catholicism as soon as conditions in England permitted suspended all laws against Roman Catholics in England both b and c The Test Act of 1672 was aimed at Charles' brother, James required all subjects to swear an oath against the doctrine of transubstantiation was passed by Parliament * all of the above The Popish Plot resulted in the deposition of Charles II * was the hysteria surrounding a supposed attempt to execute Charles II resulted in the eventual execution of its leader, the Earl of Shaftsbury both b and c In the last years of his reign, Charles II * did not call Parliament had a rather cooperative arrangement with Parliament depended on the Dutch king for financial support had a cooperative arrangement with business corporations The goal of James II's domestic policies was to * subject English institutions to the power of the monarchy support Protestants whenever possible in his administration reduce taxes none of the above Politically, the Glorious Revolution replaced James I with William and Mary James II with Mary I Charles II with Queen Anne * none of the above The Glorious Revolution * provided religious tolerance for Protestants, but not for Catholics excluded Presbyterians and Catholics from English religious life assured Puritan religious domination none of the above The "traditional liberties" which William of Orange's invasion preserved were life, liberty and property * the Anglican church and Parliamentary government freedom from seizure and arbitrary arrest freedom of assembly and speech The Act of Settlement of 1701 deposed James II provided for the Glorious Revolution established a Bill of Rights for England * provided for the English crown to go to the House of Hanover if Anne was not survived by her children Which philosopher was influenced by the Glorious Revolution? Jean-Jacques Rousseau * John Locke Adam Smith William Hobbes France differed from England in its political development in the 17th century by moving toward a monarchy limited by a parlement * moving toward an absolute monarchy promoting regionalism as opposed to centralization both a and c Under Louis XIII, the government was run by Colbert who promoted mercantilism Mazarin who protected Louis from the Fronde * Cardinal Richelieu who promoted campaigns against the Huguenots none of the above The statement, "one king, one law, one faith," was the policy of Louis XII James II Charles I * Louis XIV The Duke of Sully tried to institute parlements throughout France for the benefit of the people introduced royal corvees which were government monopolies on gunpowder, mines and salt * prepared the way for later mercantilist policies all of the above Intendants were * royal civil servants government monopolies leaders of the army judges in the courts Which best characterizes the policies of Richelieu? support for Catholicism at home and abroad hostility toward French nobles, strict neutrality in the Thirty Years' War * support the Catholic cause at home, but the Protestant cause in Germany suppression of the Jansenists and revocation of the Edict of Nantes Which phrase best sums up the spirit of Louis XIV's government? "traditional liberties" * "I am the state" "the Sufferer" "thorough" During the minority of Louis XIV, the French government was controlled by * Mazarin Colbert Richelieu Vauban The Fronde was a trade association for the promotion of mercantilism * a rebellion of the French nobility and townspeople a royal lawcourt under Louis XIV the yearly tax collection in France Louis XIV held court at * Versailles Paris Avignon Calais The theorist for Louis XIV's conception of royal authority was Vauban Colbert * Bishop Bossuet Mazarin Louis XIV's brilliant minister of finance was Vauban Arnauld Jansen * Colbert The Jansenists were Catholics supportive of the policies of state Protestants who were persecuted by Louis XIV * Catholics whose ideas were considered by Louis XIV a devout religious order created by the pope The revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV led to the emigration of a quarter million French was a major blunder of Louis' reign closed Protestant schools and exiled Protestant ministers * all of the above The War of Devolution was fought because of * Louis XIV's claim to the Spanish inheritance the French need for security against the Dutch English support of Dutch trading interests none of the above