Enlightened despots, like Catherine the Great or Frederick the Great: A. voluntarily gave up power.

B. persecuted Enlightenment philosophers.

C. were forcibly removed from power by rebellions.

D. pursued limited reforms based on Enlightenment ideas.

i believe your answer is d)

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.

john maynard keynes developed new economic theories in response to the : b) great depression of the 1930s. his theories are so important that they are known as "keynesianism". in his works he supports the idea of a government with deeper involvement and intervention to end the great depression.