Before Catherine the Great became the ruler of Russia, she wanted to help the serfs. Select the reasons below that caused her to change her mind and not change serfdom (Choose 3)


A) The landowning nobles did not want to lose their labor force.

B) The Serfs paid high amounts of taxes and the government needed that to fund the army.

C) The Serfs owned a majority of the land in Russia. Catherine the Great wanted their land.

D) The Serfs revolted in 1773 slaughtering nobles and looting their estates.