The American‚ French‚ and Haitian people’s followed the powerful Enlightenment ideals that became part of their strategy to engage them toward liberty and equality. Citizens and slaves gathered to fight a common enemy. They combined their Enlightenment ideals‚ they fought‚ and they won. By winning they were able to form a nation that contained people with a common ethnicity‚ language‚ history‚ religion‚ and culture‚ and most importantly‚ they governed themselves. Even though‚ the United States‚
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The Ideals of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is the most important document in the history of the most influential nation in the modern world – The United States of America. Many other nations and societies that have gained their independence since this declaration was drafted in 1776 have used the four key ideals contained within it as a guide for their own independence. This document did much more than achieve independence for the U.S; it would drastically change
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There are always two side of answering this question . The Declaration of Independence is known as the most important document in the whole history of United States . Ideals have a great effect on the the Americans identity‚most Likely they lived up with those ideals‚and still do now. Declaration of Independence is the symbol of Freedom‚Democracy and American Dream. The value of Declaration of Independence it was ‚it is and will be so marvelous in the entire globe. First‚ freedom ‚" We
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Declaration of Independence. Declaration of Independence was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson at Independence Hall in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. The Declaration of Independence freed U.S from British control. Also the Declaration of Independence made United States a nation. Some of the main ideals in the Declaration of Independence are equality‚ Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness‚ consent of the Governed‚ and alter or abolish government. The main ideal is equality. The most significant ideal in the
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During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ a revolutionary movement called the Enlightenment developed in Europe. In the wake of the Enlightenment‚ and the new ways of thinking it prompted‚ scholars and philosophers emerged who thought of innovative ideas which prompted and affected the course of the democratic revolutions in England and the United States. Their innovative ideas began a new age‚ where philosophers laid down old principles and began a new age where they challenged old accepted beliefs. They
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The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe Blake Blake’s representation of Newton. The AGE OF REASON‚ as it was called‚ was spreading rapidly across Europe. In the late 17th century‚ scientists like ISAAC NEWTON and writers like JOHN LOCKE were challenging the old order. Newton’s laws of gravity and motion described the world in terms of natural laws beyond any spiritual force. In the wake of political turmoil in England‚ Locke asserted the right of a people to change a government that did not protect
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Declaration of Independence” from The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson Enlightenment Essay Sir Isaac Newton unveiled the gravitational theory in 1687. Although this idea may sound basic to us today‚ at the time it was revolutionary. It contradicted religious beliefs and created a cultural movement. The theory created an alternate way of viewing the world‚ through a lens of rationality and experiment. This single theory allowed others to break through the confines of the Puritan and religious laws that
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Brazilian Independence Movement During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ many Latin American countries went through a time of enlightenment which lead them to independence. One of these movements was the Brazilian independence movement. The Brazilian independence movement was one of the most peacefully-accomplished revolutions in Latin America. In this essay‚ the underlying and the direct causes to Brazil ’s movement‚ the outcome of the movement‚ the successes and failures of the movement‚ and
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The Roots of the Independence Movement There were many factors that led the colonists to push for Independence. Early on‚ the colonies became accustomed to representational government‚ and Parliament’s interference with this right is one major factor that sparked the independence movement. In Virginia‚ the House of Burgesses‚ the first form of representational government in the New World‚ was established in 1619. Moreover‚ the Mayflower Compact was signed as a covenant between God and the people
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John Locke believed that every man has natural rights that include the right to live and the right to property. He also said people should have freedom and that no man should be a slave. This could have influenced Declaration of Independence because it says‚ “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This shows that they both thought
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