Answer: They were persuaded by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's book.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Enlightment was an Eurpean intellectual and philosophical movement during the 18th century. In France, the Enlightenment was centered on individual liberty and religious tolerance. One of the ways in which the French bourgeoisie was persuaded to adopt the Enlightment ideals was by the books of Jean-Jaques Rousseau who was a political philosopher that influenced the process of Enlightment with his books, for example, his Discourse of Inequality.