The first alternative is correct (A).
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that emerged during the eighteenth century in Europe, which advocated the use of reason (light) against the old regime (darkness) and preached greater economic and political freedom. This movement promoted political, economic and social changes, based on the ideals of freedom, equality and fraternity.
Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
There was slow infrastructure developments.
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It was to prevent a run on the banks by consumers lacking confidence in the economy.