THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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The Age of Reason
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The Age of Great Philosophers
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The Age of Religion
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The Age of Revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -(1660-1788)-This period goes by the names “the Enlightenment, ” “the Age of Reason, ” and “the Neo-Classical Age.”-There was a great turning away from religion as primary way of life.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason over superstition and science over blind faith.
Detailed explanation-3: -Another name for the Enlightenment was ‘The Age of Reason. ‘ In German, the Enlightenment was called Aufklärung, and in French le Siècle des Lumières, which translates to ‘The Century of Lights. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, and John Locke were some important Enlightenment thinkers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Enlightenment Period is also referred to as the Age of Reason and the “long 18th century”. It stretched from 1685 to 1815. The period is characterized by thinkers and philosophers throughout Europe and the United States that believed that humanity could be changed and improved through science and reason.