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how did the enlightenment change the world?
a. advanced machinery and manufacturing techniques led to industrialization.
b. religious leaders were replaced by powerful monarchs as the ultimate authority.
c. people began to believe that governments must answer to their citizens.
d. failed revolutions led to dictatorships in most countries.

Explanation:

The Enlightenment emphasized ideas like natural rights, social contract, and popular sovereignty. These ideas made people believe that governments should be accountable to citizens.

• Option A is about industrialization which is related to technological and economic changes (Industrial Revolution), not Enlightenment.
• Option B: Enlightenment challenged both religious and absolute - monarchial authority.
• Option D: Failed revolutions leading to dictatorships is not a direct outcome of Enlightenment ideas.

Answer:

C. People began to believe that governments must answer to their citizens.