Apolitical effect of the enlightenment was that.. some monarchs embraced new ideas from the movement. support for rebels fighting the french revolution decreased. many people rejected the idea of representative government. the constitutional monarchy in england came to an end.

Why did the meiji reformers want to modernize japan a) to colonize weaker nations in south east asia b) to allow western nations to protect them and treat negotiation c) to compete with the economics and military of western nations d) to replace additional prices with weston culture