Exam 15: Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715-1789

What changes were made in the European balance of political power by the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War?

The term Methodist, given to John Wesley and his religious followers, was originally a derisive, insulting term.

A religious movement in Britain stressing humble faith, abstinence and hard work was the _________movement, led by John Wesley.

Who was the more successful enlightened absolutist, Frederick the Great or Joseph II?

After Peter the Great, Russia faced the problem of

The British law that led to strong protests in the American colonies in 1765 was the ___________.

Cottage industry developed because

An eighteenth century Jewish religious movement stressing greater piety was the founding of the___________ sect.

The dominating political institution of England in the eighteenth century was

Both Antoine Watteau and Jean-Baptiste Greuze depicted aristocratic rather then bourgeois life in their paintings.