Absolutism in Prussia Was Based on an Alliance Between the King

question 23

Multiple Choice

Absolutism in Prussia was based on an alliance between the king and

• A) the nobility who were guaranteed that serfdom would be permanent.
• B) immigrant Calvinists expelled from France after the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes.
• C) the cities which benefitted from the Baltic trade.
• D) the Lutheran church.
• E) his fellow absolute monarchs in the Holy Roman Empire.

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