How did Catherine the Great respond to the peasant uprising during her reign? A. She freed the peasants, ignoring the nobles' opinions.B. She crushed the uprising despite her sympathy.C. She enacted laws granting peasants private property.D. She renounced her role as Empress out of frustration.
Social Studies · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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During her reign, Catherine the Great responded to the peasant uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev in the late 18th century by:
B. She crushed the uprising despite her sympathy.
Catherine the Great was sympathetic to some Enlightenment ideals and corresponded with philosophers like Voltaire, but when faced with the widespread peasant rebellion known as Pugachev's Rebellion, she took a harsh approach to suppress the revolt. She raised armies to quash the rebellion and ruthlessly crushed the uprising, viewing it as a threat to her power and the established order of the Russian Empire.