Internal/External Challenges to State Power Practice Test

The creation of the devshirme system, which immediately eliminated corruption and ensured all provinces accepted Ottoman rule without coercion.

Janissaries becoming a politicized interest group that resisted modernization, limiting sultans’ ability to reform the military and bureaucracy.

The conquest of Constantinople, which reduced Ottoman territory and forced the empire into defensive isolation from European politics.

The abolition of provincial administration, which increased local autonomy and strengthened the state by removing the need for governors.

The end of all trade with Europe, which increased tax revenue and prevented provincial elites from gaining wealth independent of the state.