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The Enlightenment profoundly influenced the development of the U.S. government by promoting ideas such as individual rights, liberty, and the separation of powers. Thinkers like john Locke and Montesquieu inspired the Founding Fathers to create a system based on checks and balances, ensuring no single branch would wield excessive power. Additionally, the emphasis on reason and empirical evidence encouraged the establishment of a democratic framework that valued the consent of the governed. These principles laid the groundwork for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, shaping the nation’s democratic ideals.
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What is the US government based on?
The Enlightenment Principles.
What Ideas such as individual liberty and the separation of powers are central to the US government. Which movement popularized these ideas?
The Enlightenment
What statement best illustrates the contradiction between Enlightenment values and government policies in the early US?
Enlightenment thinkers valued individual liberty, but the U.S government continued to allow slaves to be deprived of all liberty
How did the battle of the little bighorn affect us government policy?
My Butt
How did the ratification of the us constitution affect the northwest territories?
It made it that the US government had direct control over territories.
What is the US government based on?
The Enlightenment Principles.
What structure is the US government based on?
The Enlightenment Principles.
What enlightenment idea is included in the US Constitution?
limited government
What did the Enlightenment thinkers do for the US?
our government is based on thier ideas
What did the Enlightenment thinker do for the us?
our government is based on thier ideas
What did the enlightenment contributed to the development of modern democracies?
A child of the Enlightenment movement, john Locke, wrote the Social Contract that first allowed the justification for America to break away from England. Enlightenment also contributed to the ideas of equality, religious tolerance, and freedom of speech that was adapted by the US government.
Enlightenment thinker had the most influence on the government of the US?
john Locke
What did the Enlightenment contribute to the development of modern democracies?
The Enlightenment inspired democratic ideas about the rights of man.
How has the enlightenment philosphers affected your current form of government?
the enlightenment philosophers affected our current government by giving us more individualism, and the basic belief in equal rights.
How did nationalism affect the development of the US?
The US began to assert power as nationalism grew. *_*
Who are 2 Enlightenment thinkers who influenced the US government?
John Locke
In the period1865 to 1900 How did the US government aid development of the west from?
In the period1865 to 1900 How did the US government aid development of the west from?
