THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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capitalism.
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rights of England to establish colonies.
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religion as a means of redeeming oneself.
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reason to solve problems facing mankind.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The causes of the Enlightenment include the focus on humanism during the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. These three ideas and events led to new ways of thinking and gave the Enlightenment the momentum needed to influence individuals worldwide.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1600’s, a new generation of philosophers began to view reason as the best way to understand truth. The said that reason could be used to solve all human problems.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main ideas that dominated Enlightenment thinking included: Deism – the belief in the existence of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. Liberalism – the belief in human rights and freedom. Republicanism – the belief that a nation should be governed as a republic with an emphasis on liberty.