Units 1 & 2 | Questions in English

These are the definitions and questions in English from Units 1 & 2 that must be learnt for the test. Please, answer them in your notebook:

• DEFINITIONS: Old Regime, Enlightenment, Enlightened Despotism, Mercantilism, Treaty of Utrecht

• QUESTIONS:

1. Name the different groups that made up the society of estates.
2. In what country did absolutism rule? Explain the main features of absolutism.
3. What happened in England when the king tried to impose absolutism?
4. Name the main principles and rights that were given by Enlightenment.
5. What happened after Charles II of Spain’s death? Who ruled the Nueva Planta decrees? What did they represent?