Enlightened Absolutism
A) was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" and free their populations.
B) was best illustrated by the activity of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
C) was truly applied only briefly, in the ten months before the death of Emelyan Pugachev.
D) was limited by the desires of the middle classes to retain their special advantages.
E) best describes the British government in the eighteenth century.

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Enlightened Absolutism was a form of governance where monarchs used the principles of the Enlightenment to strengthen their power and the state. However, the emphasis was more on practical measures such as economic reforms and administrative efficiency rather than on political and social reforms that would "free" the population. Examples of monarchs who practiced enlightened absolutism include Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia.