THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Colonies exist to provide raw materials and markets for mother countries.
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The people have the right to overthrow their government if it abuses its powers.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -one idea that the leaders of the American Revolution shared with Enlightenment thinkers was that The people have the right to overthrow their government if it abuses its powers. Laissiez-faire is the idea that Government should stay out of the economy to allow the free play of natural economic forces.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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. A brief treatment of the Enlightenment follows.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enlightenment philosophes such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau challenged the idea of the divine right of kings. They wrote about a government’s obligations to uphold people’s rights and how the government should be based on the consent of the governed.