Question

Why did Louis XIV, Peter the Great, and Frederick the Great all build or expand the state bureaucracy?(1 point)
Responses

to increase the power of the nobility
to increase the power of the nobility

to increase national centralization of power
to increase national centralization of power

to expand their territory and foreign influence
to expand their territory and foreign influence

to remove the possibility of peasant revolts

Answer 1

to increase national centralization of power

They centralized administration to strengthen royal/state authority, control nobles and local elites, and more effectively mobilize taxation, armies, and resources.