Im pretty sure it’s D) if not that’s it’s B
That should be the scientific revolution. That's when people started abandoning the ideas that the church presented and they started focusing on science. It was then discovered that Earth is not in the center but rather goes around the Sun, and Newton made his laws and science and education flourished during that period.
I think I wouldn't have been attracted because I probably would already have had my business settled and been making my profits. Whereas if I had gone to the west then I would have had to start over. I think the majority of people who went to the west were people who were money seekers and who were looking to better their lives.