The Evolution of Modern Government - World History?

Question

1. In what way did Frederick II of Prussia serve his people as an Enlightened, absolute ruler?

A. He abolished serfdom.
B. He created a Prussian constitution.
C. He worked with parliament.
D. He built a bureaucracy of civil service entirely based on merit.

From whom did Frederick II get his ideas on tolerating religious minorities?

A. Catherine the Great
B. His father, Frederick William I
C. Voltaire
D. Adam Smith

What was the biggest problem that Parliament had with James II which led to his replacement in the Glorious Revolution?

A. They feared James would return Catholicism to England as the official religion.
B. Parliament no longer wanted England to be ruled by a king and wished to abolish the monarchy.
C. James was French and was viewed with suspicion by the English population.
D. They wished to return to an era of divine right kings and James was too weak.

Answer 1

1. In what way did Frederick II of Prussia serve his people as an Enlightened, absolute ruler?
D. He built a bureaucracy of civil service entirely based on merit.
Modernization
He gave his state a modern bureaucracy whose mainstay until 1760 was the able War and Finance Minister Adam Ludwig von Blumenthal, succeeded in 1764 by his nephew Joachim who ran the ministry to the end of the reign and beyond. Prussia's education system was seen as one of the best in Europe. Frederick abolished torture and corporal punishment and generally supported religious toleration, including the retention of Jesuits as teachers in Silesia, Warmia, and the Netze District after their suppression by Pope Clement XIV. He was interested in attracting a diversity of skills to his country, whether from Jesuit teachers, Huguenot citizens or Jewish merchants and bankers (particularly from Spain.) He wanted development throughout the country, specifically in areas that he judged as needing a particular kind of development. For instance, Frederick, writing in his Testament politique, made suggestions on improving Prussia's border trade in a manner which we today would find indefensible, but at the time was very forward-thinking and equitable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia

From whom did Frederick II get his ideas on tolerating religious minorities?
C. Voltaire

It is likely Voltaire, if you read this here:
"The religions must all be tolerated and the state has to keep an eye that none of them shall derogate the other, because here everyone must find his salvation in his own way."
"die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden und der Fiscal muß nur das Auge darauf haben, dass Keine der Andern abruch tue, denn hier muß ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden."
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia


What was the biggest problem that Parliament had with James II which led to his replacement in the Glorious Revolution?

A. They feared James would return Catholicism to England as the official religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

I will work on the other question later, but I believe the answer is a, because it says in the article
The Revolution of 1688 is considered by some as being one of the most important events in the long evolution of powers possessed by Parliament and by the Crown in England. With the passage of the Bill of Rights, it stamped out any final possibility of a Catholic monarchy, and ended moves towards monarchical absolutism in the British Isles by circumscribing the monarch's powers. The King's powers were greatly restricted; he could no longer suspend laws, levy taxes, or maintain a standing army during peacetime without Parliament's permission.
You will find it in the Legacy section when you scroll down.

Answer 2

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