B is most likely the answer double check to be sure
I believe that European monarchies sought to consolidate and maintain the power (political, religious, and economic) of their rulers (the monarchs). They did this by passing laws, mandates, and regulations that were designed to allow for governmental autonomy, that is, to ensure that the will of the monarch was not challenged by the citizenry, religious groups, or philosophers and scientists.
A third party are in the shadows and not many people know about third parties. And usually it’s just the two big candidates that get the spotlight. The also the reason why they don’t get many votes.
The Enlightenment and the American Revolution changed the way people viewed their relationship to their rulers, mainly by opening each person's eyes, and undesrtand that their ruler's interest was not the best one. Contributed with the understanding that rationalism is more important than tradition and religion, which the monarchies around Europe often used in a way where it seemed acceptable that they were absolute monarchies, because of tradition.
