MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Enlightenment ideas made the people increasingly rigid in their values and mindset.
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Enlightenment thinkers’ ideas influenced prominent revolutionaries to act.
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Enlightenment thoughts introduced people to other forms of government such as popular sovereignty.
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Enlightenment concepts urged people to discover creative ways to win government privileges.
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Enlightenment professors inspired students to cultivate a rebellious and revolutionary spirit.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The salons and the Encyclopedia helped spread Enlightenment ideas to edu-cated people all over Europe. Enlightenment ideas also eventually spread through newspapers, pamphlets, and even political songs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some of its ideas prompted the French to carry out a revolution against their abusive rulers, such as: Upholding the right of ordinary citizens against the elites who control government and society. Promote liberty and equality in society.
Detailed explanation-3: -The central doctrines of the Enlightenment were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in opposition to an absolute monarchy and the fixed dogmas of the Church.
Detailed explanation-4: -The American and French Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment ideals and respectively marked the peak of its influence and the beginning of its decline. The Enlightenment ultimately gave way to 19th-century Romanticism.