Era emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.

A. enlightenment

B. reconstruction

C. natural rights

D. unalienable rights

E. 3/5 compromise

The correct answer is A: Enlightenment.

Explanation:

The Enlightenment was a 17th and 18th-century intellectual movement, which was known for emphasizing reason, individualism, and science over traditional lines. It was influenced by advanced ideals such as liberty, toleration, progress, and separation of church and state.

The movement was promoted by many philosophers and scientists as Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, John Locke, David Hume, etc. It was based on the European intellectual movement, known as Renaissance humanism.