Answer:
A. It provided French citizens with a successful model for a new form of government.
Step-by-step explanation:
The American Revolution of 1776 successfully achieved the independence of the 13 American colonies. This revolution laid the foundations of a modern democratic form of government and although the ideas for a republic were common among European intellectuals, establishing a democratic government was a completely new political enterprise until then. The success of this revolution inspired French philosophers, intellectuals, and citizens in order to start a revolution in their own country, to overthrow the absolute monarchy, the nobility, and the great unfairness that the three estates systems meant to most citizens, merchants, artisans, and peasants alike. Therefore, the French Revolution finally took place 13 years after the American revolution, in 1789.