Which of the following developments was a consequence of the enlightenment

The correct answer is A) Political leaders fought against forms of the imperial government.

The other options of the question were B) Political leaders abandoned the ideals of democracy and liberty C) Political leaders embraced slavery to develop stronger economies. D) Political leaders strengthened and expanded existing empires.

The development that was a consequence of the Enlightenment was "Political leaders fought against forms of the imperial government."

During the Enlightenment period in Europe, a number of extraordinary minds came up with new political and social ideas that included liberty and some rights that changed the way politics were performed and directly influenced independence movement such as the Revolutionary War in the United States, the French Revolution of the Independence of México. Among those notable thinkers, they were Montesquiou, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jaques Rousseau.

its c