The Declaration of Independence would have been least likely to happen Without Enlightenment ideals. Option A is correct.
The Declaration of Independence was strongly driven by enlightenment ideals, such as the opposition to monarchy and the desire of improvement of individuals in the society.
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement embraced by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
According to this declaration, the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain became thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.