The answer is D: The practice of a new philosophy called Enlightened Thinking.
Although they are different historical moments —the scientific revolution being associated with the Renaissance and the Industrial revolution with the Economic transformation during the 18th and 19th centuries— they are, nevertheless the two main causes of the rise of The Age of Enlightenment —which started at the beginning of the 18th century—, and which was a philosophical movement that in a definitive manner separated thought from theology and developed science and knowledge based on reason and demonstrability, changing the sociopolitical landscape of Europe forever.
The term "alot" is not an actual word, "a lot" is the correct way of writing it.
What are we making a connection to? you could say this reminds me of a song i listened to because the meaning of the song had a similar meaning to the passage
I had to take that class... maybe I can help?