Most influential Movement From Post Medieval Europe

From the end of the middle ages to the founding of The United States there were 5 major european movements that changed the world forever for mankind. Which had the greatest impact on the course of human history?

That's a tough question. They all changed the world in drastic ways but for me it would have to be between the Industrial Revolution and the Renaissance as the most world changing. However, I think the Renaissance would win just because it created (or re-created) the foundations that allowed the other periods of discovery.

Each one led the other, so all?

Well, in my opinion everyone of them is very important and world-changing, but maybe the most important of them all is the Enlightenment because it revolutionized the whole of society, and not just a part of it like economy or politics. Enlightenment also opened the way to very imporrtant modern ideologies such as communism and all the other types of socialism, not to mention democracy itself.

CptCrape wrote:Each one led the other, so all?

^ This. The Industrial Revolution could not possibly have occurred without the Scientific Revolution or Age of Exploration. We also can't forget the Reformation and Enlightenment's massive impacts on European culture.