The following question refers to the topic of the Enlightenment Which of the following developments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries best explains why Enlightenment political thinkers called for the expansion of political rights and popular participation in governance?
A) Europe's population began to increase as a result of improvements in agricultural productivity and food distribution,
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The Commercial Revolution increased the economic power and influence of a wide segment of European Society outside the traditional aristocracy
European Intellectuals became more aware of the political and social systems of non-European countries
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Religious differences became less Significant as a cause of conflict among European states.