The Gordon riots that devastated much of London in 1780 demonstrated the fact that
A) class issues still played a large role in ordinary people's lives.
B) eighteenth-century governments, though aspiring to modern state management, were still far from their espoused goals.
C) Enlightenment ideas such as individual rights and equality before the law had finally taken hold of and emboldened working-class men and women.
D) popular demonstrations did not always support reform or religious toleration.

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The Answer of The Gordon riots that devastated much of London in 1780 demonstrated the fact that
A) class issues still played a large role in ordinary people's lives.
B) eighteenth-century governments, though aspiring to modern state management, were still far from their espoused goals.
C) Enlightenment ideas such as individual rights and equality before the law had finally taken hold of and emboldened working-class men and women.
D) popular demonstrations did not always support reform or religious toleration.

The Gordon Riots That Devastated Much of London in 1780