AP Euro Rulers (2025) Actual Exam
Questions and Answers A+ Graded
Charles .VII .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1422-1461) .invaded .Italy .in .1494,
.formed .League .of .Cambrai .with .Louis .XII .and .Maximilian .of .Germany .to .strip
.Venice .of .its .mainland .possessions, .reorganized .the .royal .council .to .give
.increased .influence .to .middle-class, .instituted .the .gabelle .and .the .taille .taxes,
.created .a .standing .army, .got .control .over .the .French .appointment .of
.bishops(Pragmatic .Sanction .of .Bourges)
Louis .XI .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1461-1483) .formed .League .of .Cambrai
.with .Charles .VII .and .Maximilian .of .Germany .to .strip .Venice .of .its .mainland
.possessions, .promoted .new .industries, .gained .several .territories
Francis .I .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1515-1547) .formed .Concordat .of
.Bologna .with .Pope, .recinded .Pragmatic .Sanction .of .Bourges, .gave .papacy
.control .over .appointment .of .bishops, .governed .through .a .small, .efficient
.council, .placed .France .under .jurisdiction .of .royal .law .courts
Henry .IV .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1589-1610) .Henry .of .Navarre, .gained
.the .throne .at .the .end .of .the .War .of .the .Three .Henrys, .converted .to .Catholicism,
.established .Edict .of .Nantes, .sought .better .relations .with .the .pope, .kept .France
.at .peace, .laid .the .foundations .for .economic .prosperity
Louis .III .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1610-1643), .repealed .the .Edict .of
.Nantes
Louis .XIV .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1643-1715), .French .monarchy .reached
.the .peak .of .absolutist .development, .devout .Catholic, .eternal .distrust .of .the
.nobility, .exercised .great .amounts .of .control .over .nobility, .got .them .to .agree .to
.cooperate .on .projects .that .exalted .the .monarchy .and .reinforced .the
.aristocracy's .ancient .prestige, .installed .royal .court .at .Versailles, .required .the
.nobility .to .live .at .Versailles .for .at .least .part .of .the .year, .never .called .a .meeting
.of .the .Estates-General, .finance .the .weakness .in .his .administration, .revoked .the
.Edict .of .Nantes .because .it .threatened .the .security .of .the .state, .enjoyed .the
.theater
Louis .XV .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1715-1774), .duke .of .Orleans .ruled .as
.regent, .the .nobility .made .a .strong .comeback, .restored .the .parlements,
, .appointed .finance .minister .who .taxed .everyone, .regardless .of .social .status,
.new .tax .dropped .when .upper .classes .protested
Louis .XVI .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1774-1792), .reinstated .old .parlements,
.minister .of .finance .attempted .to .impose .a .general .tax .on .all .landed .property,
.attempted .to .dismiss .the .notables .and .establish .new .taxes .by .decree, .calls .a
.meeting .of .the .Estates-General, .forces .the .National .Assembly .to .meet .as .a
.single .body, .forced .to .accept .a .constitutional .monarchy, .sentenced .to .death .by
.the .National .Convention
Napoleon .Bonaparte .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1769-1821), .military .officer
.from .Corsica, .won .victories .for .France .in .Italy, .seized .power .in .a .coup .d'etat .in
.1799, .Civil .Code .of .1804 .his .bargain .with .the .middle .class, .established .Bank .of
.France, .strengthened .the .French .bureaucracy, .proclaims .himself .emperor .in
.1804, .established .dependent .satellite .kingdoms .around .France, .introduced
.many .French .laws, .abolished .feudal .dues, .abdicated .in .1814
Louis .XVIII .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1814-1824), .Bourbon .dynasty
.restored, .issued .Constitutional .Charter, .which .accepted .many .of .France's
.revolutionary .changes .and .guaranteed .civil .liberties
Charles .X .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1824-1830), .absolutist, .wanted .to .re-
establish .the .old .order .in .France, .conquered .Algeria .to .gain .support,
.repudiated .the .Constitutional .Charter, .censored .the .press
Louis .Philippe .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1830-1848), .accepted
.Constitutional .Charter .of .1830, .replaced .Charles .X, .characterized .by .inaction
.and .complacency, .lack .of .social .legislation, .refused .to .consider .electoral
.reform, .causing .a .sense .of .class .injustice .among .middle .class
Napoleon .III .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1848-1870), .sought .to .promote .the
.welfare .of .his .subjects .through .government .action, .appointed .Georges
.Haussmann .to .reorganize .Paris, .had .a .positive .program .for .France, .won .by .a
.landslide .in .his .election, .believed .the .government .should .represent .the .people
.and .try .hard .to .help .them .economically, .vision .of .national .unity .and .social
.progress, .seizes .power .in .a .coup .d'etat, .voted .hereditary .emperor .by
.plebiscite, .granted .workers .the .right .to .form .unions .and .to .strike, .restricted .but
.did .not .abolish .the .Assembly, .wanted .to .reorganize .Europe .on .the .principle .of
.nationality .and .gain .increased .territory .for .France, .progressively .liberalized .his
.empire .in .the .1860s, .granted .France .a .new .constitution
Clemonceau .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(wartime .leader .of .France),
.established .a .virtual .dictatorship, .crushed .opposition .to .the .war, .wanted
.revenge .on .Germany, .demanded .the .Rhineland .serve .as .a .buffer .state .between
.France .and .Germany .and .the .complete .demilitarization .of .Germany, .vast
.reparations, .wanted .a .formal .defensive .alliance .with .US .and .GB
De .Gaulle .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(WWII .leader, .leader .of .Fifth .Republic
.1958-1969), .romantic .nationalist, .saw .US .as .a .genuine .threat .to .real .French .and
Questions and Answers A+ Graded
Charles .VII .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1422-1461) .invaded .Italy .in .1494,
.formed .League .of .Cambrai .with .Louis .XII .and .Maximilian .of .Germany .to .strip
.Venice .of .its .mainland .possessions, .reorganized .the .royal .council .to .give
.increased .influence .to .middle-class, .instituted .the .gabelle .and .the .taille .taxes,
.created .a .standing .army, .got .control .over .the .French .appointment .of
.bishops(Pragmatic .Sanction .of .Bourges)
Louis .XI .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1461-1483) .formed .League .of .Cambrai
.with .Charles .VII .and .Maximilian .of .Germany .to .strip .Venice .of .its .mainland
.possessions, .promoted .new .industries, .gained .several .territories
Francis .I .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1515-1547) .formed .Concordat .of
.Bologna .with .Pope, .recinded .Pragmatic .Sanction .of .Bourges, .gave .papacy
.control .over .appointment .of .bishops, .governed .through .a .small, .efficient
.council, .placed .France .under .jurisdiction .of .royal .law .courts
Henry .IV .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1589-1610) .Henry .of .Navarre, .gained
.the .throne .at .the .end .of .the .War .of .the .Three .Henrys, .converted .to .Catholicism,
.established .Edict .of .Nantes, .sought .better .relations .with .the .pope, .kept .France
.at .peace, .laid .the .foundations .for .economic .prosperity
Louis .III .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1610-1643), .repealed .the .Edict .of
.Nantes
Louis .XIV .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1643-1715), .French .monarchy .reached
.the .peak .of .absolutist .development, .devout .Catholic, .eternal .distrust .of .the
.nobility, .exercised .great .amounts .of .control .over .nobility, .got .them .to .agree .to
.cooperate .on .projects .that .exalted .the .monarchy .and .reinforced .the
.aristocracy's .ancient .prestige, .installed .royal .court .at .Versailles, .required .the
.nobility .to .live .at .Versailles .for .at .least .part .of .the .year, .never .called .a .meeting
.of .the .Estates-General, .finance .the .weakness .in .his .administration, .revoked .the
.Edict .of .Nantes .because .it .threatened .the .security .of .the .state, .enjoyed .the
.theater
Louis .XV .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1715-1774), .duke .of .Orleans .ruled .as
.regent, .the .nobility .made .a .strong .comeback, .restored .the .parlements,
, .appointed .finance .minister .who .taxed .everyone, .regardless .of .social .status,
.new .tax .dropped .when .upper .classes .protested
Louis .XVI .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1774-1792), .reinstated .old .parlements,
.minister .of .finance .attempted .to .impose .a .general .tax .on .all .landed .property,
.attempted .to .dismiss .the .notables .and .establish .new .taxes .by .decree, .calls .a
.meeting .of .the .Estates-General, .forces .the .National .Assembly .to .meet .as .a
.single .body, .forced .to .accept .a .constitutional .monarchy, .sentenced .to .death .by
.the .National .Convention
Napoleon .Bonaparte .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1769-1821), .military .officer
.from .Corsica, .won .victories .for .France .in .Italy, .seized .power .in .a .coup .d'etat .in
.1799, .Civil .Code .of .1804 .his .bargain .with .the .middle .class, .established .Bank .of
.France, .strengthened .the .French .bureaucracy, .proclaims .himself .emperor .in
.1804, .established .dependent .satellite .kingdoms .around .France, .introduced
.many .French .laws, .abolished .feudal .dues, .abdicated .in .1814
Louis .XVIII .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1814-1824), .Bourbon .dynasty
.restored, .issued .Constitutional .Charter, .which .accepted .many .of .France's
.revolutionary .changes .and .guaranteed .civil .liberties
Charles .X .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1824-1830), .absolutist, .wanted .to .re-
establish .the .old .order .in .France, .conquered .Algeria .to .gain .support,
.repudiated .the .Constitutional .Charter, .censored .the .press
Louis .Philippe .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1830-1848), .accepted
.Constitutional .Charter .of .1830, .replaced .Charles .X, .characterized .by .inaction
.and .complacency, .lack .of .social .legislation, .refused .to .consider .electoral
.reform, .causing .a .sense .of .class .injustice .among .middle .class
Napoleon .III .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(1848-1870), .sought .to .promote .the
.welfare .of .his .subjects .through .government .action, .appointed .Georges
.Haussmann .to .reorganize .Paris, .had .a .positive .program .for .France, .won .by .a
.landslide .in .his .election, .believed .the .government .should .represent .the .people
.and .try .hard .to .help .them .economically, .vision .of .national .unity .and .social
.progress, .seizes .power .in .a .coup .d'etat, .voted .hereditary .emperor .by
.plebiscite, .granted .workers .the .right .to .form .unions .and .to .strike, .restricted .but
.did .not .abolish .the .Assembly, .wanted .to .reorganize .Europe .on .the .principle .of
.nationality .and .gain .increased .territory .for .France, .progressively .liberalized .his
.empire .in .the .1860s, .granted .France .a .new .constitution
Clemonceau .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(wartime .leader .of .France),
.established .a .virtual .dictatorship, .crushed .opposition .to .the .war, .wanted
.revenge .on .Germany, .demanded .the .Rhineland .serve .as .a .buffer .state .between
.France .and .Germany .and .the .complete .demilitarization .of .Germany, .vast
.reparations, .wanted .a .formal .defensive .alliance .with .US .and .GB
De .Gaulle .(France) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-(WWII .leader, .leader .of .Fifth .Republic
.1958-1969), .romantic .nationalist, .saw .US .as .a .genuine .threat .to .real .French .and
