What Did the Phrase "Balance of Power" Refer to When

question 21

Multiple Choice

What did the phrase "balance of power" refer to when considering eighteenth-century politics?

• A)the British governing policy of sharing power between the king and Parliament
• B)the French governing policy of sharing power between the Catholic Church and the regional parlements
• C)a fundamental principle of eighteenth-century diplomacy which sought to prevent any one country from dominating the continent
• D)a fundamental principle in the newly independent United States which sought to prevent any one of the thirteen original states from dominating the union
• E)a deal between France and Britain to share the colonies between the two of them

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