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1
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What king was the ‘Sun King’?

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Louis XIV

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2
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Who helped train Louis XIV?

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Cardinal Mazarin

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3
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Who said ‘I am the state’?

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Louis XIV

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What word means men who sit at desks?

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Bureaucracy

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5
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Who is the father of France?

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Samuel de Champlain

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What was the first permanent French settlement in the New World?

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Quebec

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What year was Quebec established?

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1608

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8
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Who sailed down the Mississippi and claimed it for France?

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De la Salle

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What document ended the War of the League of Augsburg?

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Treaty of Ryswick

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What treaty ended the War of Spanish Succession?

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Treaty of Utrecht

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What philosophy said man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth?

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Rationalism

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12
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Who was the father of French romanticism?

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Rousseau

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Who came to the throne after Louis XIV?

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Louis XV

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15
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Who said ‘after me the deluge’?

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Louis XV

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16
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Who said ‘let them eat cake’?

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Marie Antoinette

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17
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What group of people were the 1st estate?

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Clergy

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18
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What year was the storming of the Bastille?

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July 14, 1789

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What document essentially ended feudalism in France?

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August 4th Decree

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What group of people wore the revolution to go international?

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Jacobin Club

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21
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What year did France write its first constitution?

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1791

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22
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Which part of the assembly did the conservatives sit?

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Right

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What invention became the symbol of terror in the French Revolution?

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Guillotine

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Who was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety?

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Robespierre

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What deal did Napoleon make with the Catholic Church?
Concordat
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What famous naval battle resulted in Napoleon's defeat?
Battle of Trafalgar
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Who is known as the greatest naval hero the world has ever known?
Horatio Nelson
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What was Napoleon's greatest victory?
Austerlitz
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Who was Napoleon's second wife?
Marie Louise
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What was it called when Napoleon forbade trade with England?
Continental system
32
Who was the leader of Russia during Napoleon's time?
Czar Alexander I
33
What was the Battle of Nations?
Leipzig
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What was the first island Napoleon was exiled to?
Alba
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Who restored the Bourbon line of kings?
Louis XVIII
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What was Napoleon's final defeat?
Waterloo
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In what year did Napoleon face his final defeat?
1815
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Who was the general that defeated Napoleon?
Duke of Wellington
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What was Napoleon's nickname?
Little corporal
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Who began the Stuart line of kings?
James I
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Who was James I's mother?
Mary Queen of Scots
42
In what year was the King James Bible published?
1611
43
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
44
In what year was Quebec established?
1608
45
In what year did the Pilgrims establish Plymouth?
1620
46
What government did Cromwell setup?
Protectorate
47
Who led after Cromwell?
His son Richard Cromwell
48
Group of people who opposed the English king?
Wicks
49
Charles II's brother?
James II
50
Stuart line continues with?
William and Mary
51
Last Stuart monarch?
Anne
52
Most important event during Anne's rule?
Scotland and England united
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Who started the pietist movement?
Philip Spanard
54
Leader in education?
August Franc
55
Who started a haven for the Moravians?
Count van Zinzendorf
56
Best remembered for sermon?
Jonathan Edwards
57
One philosopher in the age of reason?
John Locke
58
Who was the 2nd Stuart monarch?
Charles I
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Who was the king during the English Civil War?
Charles I
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What were those who supported the king called?
Cavaliers
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What were those who opposed the king called?
Roundheads
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What year did the English Civil War start?
1642
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Who led the Roundheads?
Oliver Cromwell
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What was the nickname for Oliver Cromwell's army?
Ironsides
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What is the belief that experience is the only form of knowledge?
Empiricism ## Footnote John Locke
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What denomination did John Wesley start?
Methodists
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Who helped in slavery in England?
Wilburforce
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Who wrote 'Amazing Grace'?
John Newton
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Who started the first Sunday school?
Robert Raikes
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Who is known as the father of the Sunday school movement?
Robert Raikes
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Who was the prison reform advocate?
Howard
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Who is known as the father of modern missions?
William Carey
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What year marks the beginning of the modern missionary movement?
1792
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Who is known as the father of American missions?
Adoniram Judson
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Who is known as the father of modern conservatism?
Edmond Burke
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Who is the leading authority on English law?
Blackstone
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Who is considered the greatest literary figure of the 18th century?
Samuel Johnson
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Who sailed to Australia and New Zealand?
Cooke
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Who was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle?
Cooke
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Who started the Hanoverian line of kings?
George I
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Who was the first Prime Minister?
Walpole
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Who succeeded George I?
George II
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Who was the English monarch during the War for Independence?
George III
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What year was the American Constitution established?
1789
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