The main way in which the Reformation set the stage for the modern world was that it challenged the going dogma of the Catholic Church, which inspired people to question authority in general.
Step-by-step explanation:
Because it combined many extra religions and declared peace among many religions. It enabled the Church to allow separation.
Hostilities between beliefs following the Protestantism drove many to leave their local lands and start over in the New World and succeeding to stage fresh rebellions. Observers always noted certain congeniality between Protestantism and Capitalism. The reform never had a chance at a Catholic region (where the church was such a strong native industry) even though the great business relationships and merchant houses first appeared in the Italian city-states.