American Revolution and French Revolution. They were both justified themselves with Enlightenment ideals.
The Napoleonic Code.
The Enlightenment did not directly contribute to the outbreak of the French Revolution, but the French revolution does embody some of the enlightenment ideas. Enlightenment thinkers promoted ideas of progress and natural law in all aspects of society. This can be seen in the writings of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire. Ideas of the French Revolution derived from the Enlightenment are as follows: Constitutional monarchy, Liberal government, Division of powers among the nobles, the monarchy, and the representatives of the cities to replace the Old Regime, The Declaration of the Rights of Man, The Social Contract, Popular Sovereignty, and the Enlightened Absolutism.
They did not. They disliked the Enlightenment ideas and wanted to go back to he Old Regime.
French Revolutionaries were inspired by various Enlightenment ideas such as the social contract. These ideas claimed that the people had the right to change their form of government if the existing government failed to perform its responsibilities. As a result, many French citizens joined together to overthrow the monarchy.
How the Enlightenment influenced the French Revolution was by challenging the monarchy and the wealthiest classes .
American Revolution and French Revolution. They were both justified themselves with Enlightenment ideals.
The Enlightenment ideas influenced revolutions such as the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Latin American independence movements. These revolutions sought to overthrow oppressive monarchies, establish democratic governments, and promote principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
The Napoleonic Code.
The Enlightenment
No, it lead to the American Revolution.
The enlightenment created the Decleration Right of Men in the French Revolution. Naopoleon over threw the government. It's just like the liberator in the French Revolution. It also spread enlightenment ideas such as Voltare etc..
He was a follower of Rousseau and a supported many ideas of the French Revolution.
It rejected traditional social, religious, and political values.
It rejected traditional social, religious, and political values.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract persuaded them to view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as irrational.
Some major causes of the French Revolution were incapable rulers, unbalanced Estates General, economic collapse, Enlightenment ideas, and wasteful royalty.