How did economic demands produce political results in the February Revolution?

Correct answer: Demands for bread, wages, and shorter working hours developed into a movement challenging Tsarist power

The governing concept is the connection between material grievances and political mobilisation. In Petrograd, shortages of bread, rising prices, poor wartime conditions, low wages, and long working hours encouraged workers and ordinary people to protest. What began as economic and social demands soon acquired a political direction when demonstrators questioned the Tsarist government and soldiers joined or refused to suppress them. This weakened the regime and contributed to the Tsar’s abdication. Therefore, option A correctly explains the transition from economic demands to a political challenge. The other options reverse or distort the result: the protests did not strengthen the Tsar, abolish the Duma, or invite foreign rule.