Why did thousands of russian citizens march on st. petersburg in 1905?

they marched to demand better working conditions, more personal freedoms, and greater representation in government.
they marched to call for an end to world war i, which had claimed the lives of many young russian men.
they marched to encourage the government to lower taxes, which had become too high for most people to pay.
they marched to bring about civil rights and to insist on suffrage for russian women.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

wht excerpt u need to add it

i know 2 is c.

i'm leaning towards a for 1.