USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What impact did the Enlightenment ideas of Equality, Liberty and Democracy and the success of the American Revolution have on the Third Estate?
A
made them support the King
B
made them believe they could change the government
C
Made them believe that they should have rights and equality
D
both red and blue are true
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Summary: Enlightenment ideals of rationalism and intellectual and religious freedom pervaded the American colonial religious landscape, and these values were instrumental in the American Revolution and the creation of a nation without an established religion.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -So what was it? The Enlightenment, sometimes called the ‘Age of Enlightenment’, was a late 17th-and 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism.

Detailed explanation-4: -In turn, the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution. Democracy was not created in a heartbeat. In a world where people were ruled by monarchs from above, the idea of self-government is entirely alien.

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