The correct answer is B) Philosophers brought to light inequalities and the need for reform.
The other options of the question were A) Voltaire called for revolution. C) The aristocracy just got too corrupt. D) The commoners couldn't get out from under the heavy tax burden
The Age of the Enlightenment affected the French Revolution in that philosophers brought to light inequalities and the need for reform.
This was so true. The Age of the Enlightenment was a period in which brilliant thinkers and philosophers proposed new ideas of politics, liberty, and humanism. We are talking about the ideas of thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, Jhon Locke, Jean-Jaques Rosseau, and Baron of Montesquiou. Their ideas influenced future revolutionary movements such as the Revolutionary War of Independence and the French Revolution.
