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1. Question

   How did the Protestant and Catholic Reformations change power structures in Europe and shape European colonial expansion?

   How did the Protestant and Catholic Reformations change power structures in Europe and shape European colonial expansion?

2. Question

   How did seventeenth-century European states overcome social and economic crisis to build strong states?

   How did seventeenth-century European states overcome social and economic crisis to build strong states?

3. Question

   How did absolutism evolve in the seventeenth century in Spain, France, and Austria?

   How did absolutism evolve in the seventeenth century in Spain, France, and Austria?

4. Question

   Why and how did the constitutional state triumph in England and the Dutch Republic?

   Why and how did the constitutional state triumph in England and the Dutch Republic?

5. Question

   How did European nations compete for global trade and empire in the Americas and Asia?

   How did European nations compete for global trade and empire in the Americas and Asia?

6. Question

   How did Russian rulers build a distinctive absolutist monarchy and expand into a vast and powerful empire?

   How did Russian rulers build a distinctive absolutist monarchy and expand into a vast and powerful empire?