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Which option best explains the meaning of France becoming a republic?

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Correct answer: Government was based on elected representatives instead of a hereditary king

The direct answer is option B: government became based on elected representatives instead of a hereditary king. A republic is a form of government in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch, and political authority is exercised through representatives or public institutions. In revolutionary France, ending the monarchy and proclaiming a republic meant that the king no longer stood at the centre of the political system. Option B is correct because it explains the change in the basis of authority: from inherited royal rule to representative government. Option A is the opposite of the change, because absolute power for the king would strengthen monarchy. Option C is wrong because the Revolution attacked feudal privileges rather than restoring all of them. Option D is wrong because a republic is not a gift of a country to a foreign king. The exact institutions may differ between republics, but the key idea here is rejection of hereditary monarchy. Memory cue: republic means public representative rule, not inherited royal rule.

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RepublicHereditary MonarchyElected Representatives

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