THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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starting a political revolution in the major cities
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assassinating members of the government
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doing nothing
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disguising their ideas in satirical novels
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Detailed explanation-1: -To avoid censorship, philosophes and writers like Montesquieu and Voltaire sometimes disguised their ideas in works of fiction. In the Persian Letters, Montesquieu used two fictional Persian travelers, named Usbek and Rica, to mock French society.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Voltaire, like many other Enlightenment writers, strongly disliked censorship and opposed the power of a ruler trying to keep his subjects from knowing the truth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher, who attacked the Catholic Church and advocated freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did Enlightenment face censorship? The new ideas of the Enlightenment challenged traditional beliefs and rulers of the day. Most government and church authorities felt that they had a sacred duty to defend the old order.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was Voltaire’s philosophy? Voltaire believed above all in the efficacy of reason. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority-religious or political or otherwise-should be immune to challenge by reason.