Question

question 12 (5 points)
listen
enlightened despots worked to
use enlightenment ideas to empower the nobility.
use enlightenment ideas to liberate their people.
use enlightenment ideas to reinforce their own power.
use enlightenment ideas to explain why they needed to relinquish power.

Explanation:

Enlightened despots were absolute rulers who adopted some Enlightenment ideas. Their main goal was to strengthen their own rule. They used Enlightenment concepts like legal reform and promoting education not to truly liberate the people or empower the nobility (as that might reduce their own power) and definitely not to relinquish power. For example, Joseph II of Austria made some reforms but still maintained his autocratic rule.

Answer:

use Enlightenment ideas to reinforce their own power.