components of the French Revolution‚ it is essential to recognize the involvements of previous revolutionary acts‚ main causes‚ significant outcomes‚ recovery or possible solutions‚ and impacts on modern society. The American Revolution as well as the Enlightenment majorly influenced or inspired the revolution of the french because they alike‚ demonstrated unity within people who seeked change or serendipity. The
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The enlightenment was a time period where many people like John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ and Baron de Montesquieu came up with new ideas to change how people lived and governments ruled over there people. These ideas not only helped give people rights but they also helped the founding fathers write the constitution‚ and even influence Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. These people’s ideas shaped how governments rule by giving people their natural born rights and creating system
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we learn trough out history‚ many puritans and Calvinists flee England due to the monarch’s Catholic belief. Many of these migrants‚ called Puritans would move to New England‚ the North Eastern area of the United States in present day. The reason why Puritans would flee to America was simple: After the English government became a Catholic country‚ many puritans did not want to the Mayflower Compact. However‚ in 1630‚ John Winthrop along with hundreds of puritans would establish a government in the
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In the 1630’s and the 1640’s‚ the Puritans traveled to the colonies to detach from their opinion of a convoluted Church of England. They set up towns and started new lives that were all based on their idea of a pure religion. The Puritan’s definition of a pure religion did not include many of the ideas of the Church of England. They built the colonies and made a system based upon the idea that God was the most important aspect of life. Puritan ideas and values influenced the political‚ economic‚
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To what extent were Enlightenment ideas responsible for the outbreak of the French Revolution and the reforms of 1789? Included sources attached: John Locke‚ “Two Treatises on Government”‚ 1690; The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens‚ 1789; Arthur Young “Travels in France during the Years 1787‚ 1788‚ 1789” The ancien régime‚ the time before the outbreak of the revolution‚ was divided into three estates. The first estate‚ for the people of the highest position in France belonged
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The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement initiated by French philosophes that encouraged the common people of the time to analyse and reason for themselves‚ rather than accept traditional ideas. This brought about the development of the individual person in eighteenth century France‚ causing them to question the authority of people such as divine ruler or religious leader. Man began to perceive daily life through his own eyes rather than viewing it through an authoritative figure because of
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In today’s world‚ people often paint the Enlightenment as an era where reason finally triumphed over blind faith and antiquated viewpoints. However‚ not every view espoused by the Enlightenment thinkers furthered humanist ideals like universal equality and personal liberty. While the writers of the time did make massive strides toward theorizing a more just society‚ half of the population was entirely excluded: women. Not only did the Enlightenment thinkers fail to support increased rights of women
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The results of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening within the colonies would help transform them in many ways‚ and as a result it would help shape America today. Originally‚ the Enlightenment movement began in Europe and would spill over into the American colonies. Prior to the Enlightenment movement‚ people would accept everything as is‚ especially since it was based on God. The basic principle that Enlightenment was giving to the people of the colonies was to look at human reasoning as
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Rejection of Enlightenment in Notes from Underground Russia was going through a period of transformation in the 19th century. The country’s serfs were emancipated and the Russian citizen’s way of thinking began to change. European enlightenment ideas were having a huge impact on Russia. Philosophers began to preach that application of math and science could fix all of the country’s problems. The idea was that teaching citizens to act according to reason could end a country’s struggles
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were advancing. People were hearing about the latest consumer goods and ideas fast through commercial contracts and newspapers. The most popular trend was known as Enlightenment. It originated in Europe and then spread its way through the colonies. The system of Enlightenment was transported along trade routes. Enlightenment stands for rational inquiry‚ individual freedom‚ and scientific research. Citizens who were enlightened thinkers were open to trade orthodox religious beliefs for “rational”
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