Answer:
A is correct!
Explanation:
Conservatives typically are against social safety nets and governments gaining power.
The options that apply are:
- to understand the world from a secular perspective
- to examine the natural rights that humans possess
- to question the source of authority
The Enlightment Era, also called Age of Reason, took place in the 18th century and advocated ideas based on reason, constitutional government and secular learning.
The Enlightment philosophers opposed to the absolute power of monarchies and the Church and based their doctrines in individual liberty and religious tolerance.
The main philosophers of Age of Reason were Kant, Adam Smith, Voltaire, Locke. This philosophical movement was associated with the scientific revolution.
All of the options listed are powers of the federal branch of government, granted under the Constitution, except "regulate elections," and "set up town governments," since regulating elections is mostly up to the state (although the federal government can technically intervene) and setting up town governments is a local issue.
