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

to increase the power of the nobility

to increase national centralization of power

to remove the possibility of peasant revolts

to expand their territory and foreign influence

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to increase national centralization of power

They expanded bureaucracies to strengthen royal/state control, streamline taxation, administration, and military power—consolidating centralized authority.