19 ! how did the prince influence european rulers?

a.
it convinced many rulers that people have a natural right to self-government.

b.
it made rulers turn to trickery and cruelty as a means of governing people.

c.
it made rulers change their thinking and lean more toward republican forms of government.

d.
it made rulers and their counselors think less about abstract ideals and more about actual human conduct and likely results.