The correct answer is B) the Enlightenment.
The Enlightenment was the GREATEST influence and inspiration to the American Revolution.
The ideas brought by thinkers and philosophers during the Enlightenment such as human natural rights and freedom inspired the American Revolution.
Indeed, the American Revolution later inspired the people of France and people of other nations to start their own democratic revolutions.
The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. It is also known as the Revolutionary War. The United States colonies were angry with the British Crown due to the heavy taxation imposed on the colonies with no benefits. Indeed, the colonist had a saying: "taxation without representation is tyranny."
Taxes such as the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and many others, and the fact that the colonists did not have representation on the British Parliament, were causes to start the Revolutionary war that ended with a victory of the Continental Army led by General George Washington.
