Capatalism-Russia

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In 1776 this writer published The Wealth of Nations, the first systematic explantion of capitalism

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Adam Smith

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The writer of The Wealth of Nations argued for a hands-off government policy toward the market, known by the French Term-___

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Laissez-Faire

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True of False?
The writer of the Wealth of Nations approved of slavery because it was a form of free market exchange

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FALSE

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these acts in Britain in the 18th century converted large land areas from community to private property increasing agricultural prodctivity and landowner profits

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enclosure acts

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Russia in its modern form began after Ivan III overthrew the domination of the people in 1480

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Mongols-Tartars

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True or False?
The overwhelming majority of Russians in this time period lived in serfdom

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True

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Peter the Great spent much of his reign fighting Sweden and this empire in order to gain warm-water ports on the Black and Baltic Seas

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Ottoman Turks

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Peter the Great founded this new capital city in 1704 as Russia's "window on the west"

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St. Petersburg

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A ruler who advaned new concepts of intellectual inquiry and legal rights at least for the nobility, but who held on to power for himself was known as a(n)

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Enlightenment Despot

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This female Czar of Russia ruled from 1762-1796

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Catherine the Great