Enlightened absolutisma: was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" 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

Enlightened Absolutism A: was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" free their populations.

Explanation:

Enlightened Absolutism is the idea that monarchs would embrace the principles of the enlightenment to enhance the power of the state.

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the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.