Question

1. Why did Catherine and Peter promote education? (1 point)

Options:

Education was promoted so they could maintain the power of the church.

Promotion of education allowed people to better understand their rulers.

Promotion of education made both rulers look less autocratic, and the Enlightenment was anti-autocracy.

Education made people better equipped to learn about the Enlightenment.

Answer 1

Promotion of education made both rulers look less autocratic, and the Enlightenment was anti-autocracy.

They used educational reforms and Enlightenment rhetoric to appear “enlightened” and modernize the state while keeping autocratic control.