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.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: