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 remove the possibility of peasant revolts
to remove the possibility of peasant revolts

to expand their territory and foreign influence

Answer 1

to increase national centralization of power

They built bureaucracies to centralize authority, control the nobility, improve taxation and administration, and strengthen the state (especially for war and diplomacy).