In this excerpt Machiavelli counsels the prince to be prepared to go all the way and destroy a conquered city or kingdom or in turn, 'be destroyed by it'.
He points out that the citizens of a political entity, city or kingdom who have enjoyed the benefits of liberty or freedom under the previous ruler or government, unless decimated, dispersed or destroyed, will rise against their new conqueror when summoned to it by anyone using liberty as its calling banner. He gives the adequate example of Florence to drive the point home
The correct answe is option D: Short-term effect of bicycles becoming increasingly popular, which is the improvement of the nations's road that best characterized.
Explanation:
Wheels of change is when bicycles became extremly popular in the 1800s and 1900s.
