What was the most important influence on the american founders a. ancient egyptian hierarchies b. native american federations c. african dual governance d. european enlightenment

D. European Enlightenment

Explanation:

During the Enlightenment in the central decades of the eighteenth century, the movement spread throughout France and Britain, this movement came to America and particularly in the Thirteen Colonies of North America, where it found sufficiently trained elites, a particularly favorable public opinion and a free and dynamic press. The Enlightenment influenced the political and social movement of the American revolution, which led to the formation of an independent United States (1776). Among the enlightened Americans were both local characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams or James Wilson as well as British characters seated in the new nation including Thomas Paine or Joseph Priestley.

industry had made the u.s. the richest nation in the world at this time. the second industrial revolution caused growth in industry and transportation, which allowed increased trade between nations.