3 to 5 sentences about the enlightenment, The French Revolution

The Enlightenment began in western Europe in the mid-1600s and continued until the late 18th century. It was driven by scepticism about traditional ideas and beliefs, intellectual curiosity and a desire for social, political and technical progress. Most Enlightenment thinkers were empiricists: they expected their new theories or discoveries to meet certain standards of proof and verifiability before they could be accepted as fact. To achieve this, they developed a new system of thinking and investigation, the origins of what we now call the ‘scientific method’.

Explanation:

b. parliament was weaker than the monarchy.