The Uncertainty and Crises of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

question 60

Multiple Choice

The uncertainty and crises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries over time produced:

• A) weaker states in which regional differences dominated.
• B) more strongly centralized states.
• C) a new kind of governance in Europe, dominated by independent city-states.
• D) more democratic forms of government.
• E) less independence in the colonies.

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