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Example Question #41 : Political And Governmental Structures 1450 To 1750
This King of France moved the capital and all administrative offices from Paris to Versailles in 1682.
Henry VII
Louis XIII
Louis XV
Louis XIV
The Dauphin
Louis XIV
Louis XIV moved the capital to the new opulent palace of Versailles in 1682, where it remained until the royal family was forced to return to Paris in 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles remains a powerful symbol of the 'absolute monarchy' period of French political history.
Example Question #831 : Ap World History
Which of these statements best describes Japan after the fall of Ashikaga Shogunate?
highly centralized and under the control of the Meiji government
highly centralized and under the control of the Tokugawa Shogunate
highly centralized and under the control of the Kamakura Shogunate
highly decentralized, but still nominally under the control of the Kamakura Shogunate
highly decentralized and in a state of relative anarchy and civil war
highly decentralized and in a state of relative anarchy and civil war
After the fall of the Ashikaga Shogunate (and, indeed, during their last century of power as well) Japan entered into a brief state of extreme decentralization and chaos. This period of time is often called the Japanese Warring States period, due to its similarity with the period of time of the same name in Chinese history. This condition persisted for a short time until the Tokugawa Shogunate was founded in Edo, by Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1603.