The forms of government that appeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the powerful states of Europe were largely in response to __________.
A. international military conflicts
B. the complexity of administering colonies
C. the devolution of religious authority to secular entities
D. rising movements for democratic government
Answer: A
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