Question

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"To help manage the national government, monarchs hired loyal civil servants typically born in the towns and educated at local universities. Their perspectives were national, not regional. The state, in the person of the monarch, now had sovereignty, or the utmost authority in decision making and in maintaining order. Everyone, including the nobles, was subordinate to that authority. . . .With sovereignty, the monarch now had the right to make laws for the entire nation and all its people."
How did the establishment of nations expand the power and reach of government?

Answer 1

Answer:

The laws and policies of national governments affected greater numbers of people.

Explanation:

Remember, from the excerpt after telling us the monarch was the only one with authority to make laws, we are told that, "Everyone, including the nobles, was subordinate to that authority,...With sovereignty, the monarch now had the right to make laws for the entire nation and all its people."

In other words, we can say that the type of national government that existed under this system of government was one where everyone or a greater number of people were affected by the laws and policies instituted.