Simplify the following text for a Grade 16 native English-speaking person.
Original: The enlightened argued that the establishment of a contractual basis of rights would lead to the capitalism , the use of scientific method , to religious tolerance , and to the organization of states into self-governing republics held together through democratic means .
Simplified: This view argues that the establishment of a contractual basis of rights would lead to the market mechanism and capitalism , the scientific method , religious tolerance , and the organization of states into self-governing republics through democratic means .