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What are the political principles of the European enlightenment?
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∙ 10y ago
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people are born with the right to freedom
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∙ 7y agoDuring the Enlightenment, political leaders began to accept that people are born with the right to freedom, and to the right to control their own governments.
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∙ 10y ago1) Attacks on the Divine Rights of Kings.
2) Equality before law.
3)Checks and balances in Governments.
4) The Development of Constitutionalism.
5) Laissez-faire and the Attacks on Mercantilism. (Adam Smith)
6) Popular Sovereignty.
7) Limited Government.
8) Separation of Powers. (Charles Montesquieu)
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People are born with the right to freedom
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