Why would Confucianism be a good type of “soft power?"

Confucianism is a good type of "soft power" because it is a very well structured system of ethical, moral, and even political beliefs.

In fact, China had a lot of soft power in the past because of the confucian organization of the Chinese state. Korean and Japanese states of the time had some confucian influences.

the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.