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Philosophers of the European Enlightenment favored the protection of Individual rights.
The European intellectual movement called the Enlightenment, which also inspired the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799).
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Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Ideas of natural rights, individual liberty, and the social contract from Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Montesquieu were most influential to American colonists. These ideas inspired the colonists to challenge the authority of the British monarchy and lay the foundation for the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Great Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was critical in creating an American democracy because of the influence it had on the way people thought. Prior to this period, most people relied on the Church to maintain order and to do the thinking. The Enlightenment encouraged thinking, philosophy, and new ways of viewing both religion and politics. This movement served as a gateway to change for America.
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Some of the key European Enlightenment thinkers include Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Adam Smith. They were influential philosophers, writers, and economists whose ideas helped shape the intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, promoting reason, individual rights, and progress.
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France Allied itself with the American Revolution after the Battle of Saratoga.
It provided the intellectual spark for the American and French Revolutions.
It provided the intellectual spark for the American and French Revolutions
it provided the intellectual spark for the american and french revolution
Philosophers of the European Enlightenment favored the protection of Individual rights.