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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Most Enlightenment thinkers were speaking out against
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Democracy
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Absolute Monarchy
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Montesquieu wrote that the main purpose of government is to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual. Montesquieu opposed the absolute monarchy of his home country and favored the English system as the best model of government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Joseph II, along with Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great, have been deemed the three most influential Enlightenment Absolutist monarchs.
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