Question

What did the Enlightenment begin to question?


The citizens' right to vote.


The king's divine right to rule


The king's right to impose taxes.

Answer 1

The Enlightenment began to question **the king's divine right to rule**. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized reason, individual rights, and skepticism of traditional authority, leading to critiques of absolute monarchy and the idea that kings were ordained by God to govern. This questioning contributed to various political revolutions and movements for democratic governance. While the citizens' right to vote and the king's right to impose taxes were also influenced by Enlightenment thought, the core challenge to divinely sanctioned authority was central to the movement.