Straighterline Western Civilization II - Final Review Questions & Answers 100% Accurate

Which of the following is NOT correctly given as a reason for growing European resistance to Napoleonic rule? - ANSWER-dissatisfaction with the Napoleonic Code because it embodied the principles of the French Revolution The major purpose of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution was to - ANSWER-protect the new French Republic from its enemies and to satisfy the demands by the sans-culottes for immediate action against those enemies. Upon seizing power in France, Napoleon Bonaparte - ANSWER-consolidated his rule by employing and seeking support from a combination of Jacobins, Old Regime Officials, returning émigré nobles, and Catholics The French Revolution was in part precipitated by - ANSWER-a major financial crisis that weakened monarchical government. The area in which Frederick the Great cannot be called an "enlightened absolutist" is his - ANSWER-refusal to free the serfs or lessen their burdens The two major wars between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria were - ANSWER-the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. The famous motto of the French Revolution was - ANSWER-Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Although Joseph II undertook reforms where Frederick the Great feared to tread—such as freedom for serfs and greater toleration of Jews—he ultimately failed because - ANSWER-his reforms were often ill-conceived and autocratically imposed, not only alienating the powerful but also those whom the reforms were supposed to help