When an Adviser to Frederick William III of Prussia (R

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