TOTAL STATE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND TOTAL STATE REVENUES FROM SELECTED STATES, 1550-1700The trends in military personnel and state revenue shown in the table are best understood in the context of which of the following changes in the relationship between states and local elites in the period 1450-1750?A. States often relied on local elites to supervise provincial administration.B. Local elites began looking to the state to provide titles that demonstrated their legitimacy.C. States increasingly centralized their authority at the expense of local elites.D. Local elites began to command their own military forces.

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