THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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They taught that rule by anelite class of nobles is necessary for running a government.
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They thought government should represent the will of its citizens.
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They argued that a merit-based system is the best method for selecting government officials.
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They felt that rule by a strong central leader is the only way to govern effectively.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In what way did Enlightenment philosophers reflect the central ideas of both Greek democracy and Roman republicanism? They thought government should represent the will of its citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Enlightenment brought political modernization to the west, in terms of focusing on democratic values and institutions and the creation of modern, liberal democracies. Enlightenment thinkers sought to curtail the political power of organized religion, and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -These thinkers valued reason, science, religious tolerance, and what they called “natural rights”-life, liberty, and property. Enlightenment philosophers John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all developed theories of government in which some or even all the people would govern.
Detailed explanation-5: -Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.