Answer:
C. The authors use language about liberty and freedom to defend their
right to petition Parliament.
Explanation:
The petition to Parliament reflects the spread of Enlightenment influences in the colonies by which "The authors use language about liberty and freedom to defend their right to petition Parliament."
This evident in the declaration of independence, in which it was written among other things that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."
