HIST 101 Final, Fall 1995

i ’ ON yy in PRSTTy ! a JR yp * History 101 a | Section 2 a Final Examination January 30, 1996 Instructions: Answer any four (4) of the following questions. Describe the territorial boundaries of the Austrian Empire about 1740. Explain in what ways was this new empire different from the Holy Roman Empire? Explain what is meant by Prussian “militarism” , and how it affected Prussian economy and society. Compare and contrast the development and consequences of the “Mississippi Bubble” episode in France and the “South Sea Bubble” in England. Identify the principal parties and discuss the principal issues involved in both the war of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War. Discuss the attitude of each of the French trio (Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau) toward: religion and the church, the state, and the question of freedom. What features distinguished enlightened despots from earlier monarchs? How does the career of Joseph II of Austria illustrate both these characteristics and the limitations of enlightened despots? Explain the various legal, social and economic aspects subsumed under the term “Old Regime”, and assess its relevance to French society in the late eighteenth century. Discuss the nature, motives and consequences of the religious measures adopted by the Constituent Assembly. Discuss the problems and difficulties faced by the Convention in the Spring of 1793 and the program it followed to deal with them. Explain the origins, purpose and nature of Napoleon’s Continental System, and the reasons for its failure.