The correct answer is C. The Medicis were a wealthy banking family who virtually ruled Florence.
The Medicis were a powerful and influential Renaissance family in Florence whose members included three Popes, Leo X, Clement VII, and Leo XI; two queens of France, Catherine de Medici and Marie de Medici; in addition to numerous Florentine leaders and- members of the royal houses of France and England.
The initial power of the family emerged from banking. The Banca Medici was one of the most prosperous and respected banks in Europe. With this base, they acquired political power initially in Florence. Their power and influence then spread throughout Italy and the rest of the European continent.
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Although scholarly debate continues about the exact causes of the Revolution, the following reasons are commonly adduced: (1) the bourgeoisie resented its exclusion from political power and positions of honour; (2) the peasants were acutely aware of their situation and were less and less willing to support.
It was hoped that with the end of the monarchy there would be an end to the wars, unfair taxation and excess draining the French economy. The people wanted to improve their economic fortunes. Instead of improving, France descended further into corruption and chaos, and ushered in the rise of a new dictator -- Napoleon.
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Mexican-American War, also called Mexican War, Spanish Guerra de 1847 or Guerra de Estados Unidos a Mexico (“War of the United States Against Mexico”), war between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) stemming from the United States' annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas.
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Answer:Margaret Ann Neve (née Harvey; 18 May 1792 – 4 April 1903) was the first recorded female supercentenarian and the second validated human to reach the age of 110 after Geert Adriaans Boomgaard. Neve lived at Saint Peter Port on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. She was also the first proven individual whose life spanned three centuries (18th to the 20th centuries).
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