Although Joseph II Undertook Reforms Where Frederick the Great Feared

Multiple Choice

Although Joseph II undertook reforms where Frederick the Great feared to tread-such as freedom for serfs and greater toleration of Jews-he ultimately failed because

A) He was overthrown as part of the French Revolution
B) His chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu, sabotaged his reforms
C) He did not really believe in his reforms and failed to push them hard enough
D) His reforms were often ill-conceived and autocratically imposed, not only alienating the powerful but . also those whom the reforms were supposed to help