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How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French people in the years leading up to the French Revolution? A. Maximilien de Robespierre's Reign of Terror persuaded them to believe that killing the king was necessary to legitimize the government. B. Louis XVI's formation of the Estates General persuaded them to view the national debt and tax rates as the most important issues of the time. C. Napoleon Bonaparte's victory at Borodino persuaded them to believe that a powerful central ruler was necessary to sobilize the country. D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract persuaded them to view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as irrational.

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How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French people in the
years leading up to the French Revolution?
A. Maximilien de Robespierre's Reign of Terror persuaded them to
believe that killing the king was necessary to legitimize the
government.
B. Louis XVI's formation of the Estates General persuaded them to
view the national debt and tax rates as the most important issues
of the time.
C. Napoleon Bonaparte's victory at Borodino persuaded them to
believe that a powerful central ruler was necessary to sobilize the
country.
D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract persuaded them to
view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as
irrational.

How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French people in the years leading up to the French Revolution? A. Maximilien de Robespierre's Reign of Terror persuaded them to believe that killing the king was necessary to legitimize the government. B. Louis XVI's formation of the Estates General persuaded them to view the national debt and tax rates as the most important issues of the time. C. Napoleon Bonaparte's victory at Borodino persuaded them to believe that a powerful central ruler was necessary to sobilize the country. D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract persuaded them to view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as irrational.

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D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract persuaded them to view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as irrational.
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