The Main Driver of the Move Towards Absolutism Was ________

question 14

Multiple Choice

The main driver of the move towards absolutism was ________.

• A) the need to limit the power of the nobility
• B) a monarch's desire for gloire
• C) open rebellion of subjects
• D) the need to pay costs of waging war
• E) the development of trade and industrialization

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