the corrupt government needed a distracter from the bad publicity and since the same women that were suspected witches were spreading the news of corruption, politicians saw witch hunts as an answer to both their problems.
D)
large numbers of men and women were actually engaged in witchcraft.
E)
religious division and warfare threatened the security of society and the witches were the scapegoats of a social panic.
57)
About what percentage of people accused of witchcraft in the witch hunts were women?
The chief feature of 18th-century French political life was the:
67)
______
A)
attempt of the nobility to use its authority to limit the power of the monarchy.
B)
lack of leadership on behalf of Louis XIV.
C)
protest by the peasantry to gain more influence and representation in Parliament.
D)
absence of sustained periods of warfare.
E)
failure of the nobility to dominate the Parliament.
68)
John Law believed that:
68)
______
A)
France should dramatically increase its level of taxation.
B)
the government that governed least governed best.
C)
France should abandon its overseas colonies.
D)
an increase in the paper-money supply would stimulate France's economic recovery.
E)
halt of gold payments in France was absolutely necessary.
69)
Robert Walpole (1676-1745) derived his political power from all of the following EXCEPT:
69)
______
A)
his leadership abilities in the House of Commons.
B)
his ability to maintain peace abroad.
C)
his control of government patronage.
D)
the support of the monarchy.
E)
his collaboration with leading Catholics.
70)
The Petition of Right required all of the following EXCEPT:
70)
______
A)
Parliament would meet and confer at least every six months, regardless of whether it was summoned by the monarch.
B)
No freeman should be imprisoned without due cause.
C)
Troops not be billeted in private homes.
D)
All male subjects with property worth more than 5 pounds would have the vote.
E)
No forced loans or taxation without the consent of Parliament could be imposed.
71)
Charles I might have ruled indefinitely without Parliament had his religious policies not provoked war with:
71)
______
A)
Spain.
B)
the Netherlands.
C)
Scotland.
D)
Ireland.
E)
France.
72)
Which of the following is true of the Netherlands:
72)
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A)
The nation refused to allow Roman Catholics or Jews to live within its borders.
B)
Agriculture was the basis of the Dutch economy.
C)
Toleration marked Dutch religious life where peoples of differing religious faiths lived together peacefully.
D)
Only Protestants were allowed within the Netherlands; Roman Catholics were forced to convert within six months of their residency in the Netherlands.
E)
The Calvinist Reformed Church was the established church and the only legitimate form of organized religion.
73)
In the 1560s, Heidelberg was an intellectual center for: