Middle School

What statement best describes the Enlightenment?

A) The Enlightenment was a movement that grew out of unrest in the colonies.
B) The Enlightenment was a European movement that the colonists rejected.
C) The Enlightenment was a movement that Thomas Jefferson started.
D) The Enlightenment was a European movement that spread to the colonies.

Answer :

Answer: D is right.

Explanation: Enlightenment is European (100%) and it was spread to the colonies (here it is meant north-American colonies because its influence in South America was much weaker). It is important that Enlightenment has various different aspects ...1) political (introduction of new and secular political institutions), 2) philosophical (rationalism, mechanicism, materialism), 3) growth of press, 4) scientific. Enlightenment had different expression in different countries.
D is the correct answer.