Expansion was attractive to the centralizing monarchical state ...

[nmorano1]

Question 1

Wealthy ____ were the leading patrons of Dutch art in the seventeenth century.
 
  a. landowners
  b. members of the royal family
  c. burghers
  d. priests
  e. nobles

Question 2

Expansion was attractive to the centralizing monarchical state because
 
  a. those who established royal hegemony at home could extend their control overseas.
  b. overseas expansion served as a means of competition among rivals.
  c. gold and silver from abroad could finance royal government at home.
  d. wealth and commerce funded war against rival dynasties abroad.
  e. all of the above

[ryhom]

Answer 1

c

Answer 2

e

[nmorano1]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[Bigfoot1984]

Excellent