When an Adviser to Frederick William III of Prussia (R

question 37

Multiple Choice

When an adviser to Frederick William III of Prussia (r. 1797-1840) wrote, "We must do from above what the French have done from below," to what was he referring?

• A) The institution of French-inspired reforms that included the abolition of serfdom and an overhaul of the army to open the way for the appointment of middle-class officers
• B) Ending religious toleration of the Catholic church in Prussia and instituting Lutheranism as the state religion
• C) Instilling a spirit of patriotic nationalism in the Prussian population in order to reconquer the country's lost territory
• D) The effort to make Prussia into a constitutional monarchy and end noble privileges that were based on heredity as opposed to merit

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