HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The use of reason and logic to figure out the issues
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Natural Rights are not important
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They were called philosophes
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Women like Mary Wollstonecraft began to have a voice
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Detailed explanation-1: -Liberty meant freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom from unreasonable government (torture, censorship, and so on).
Detailed explanation-2: -At least six ideas came to punctuate American Enlightenment thinking: deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration and scientific progress. Many of these were shared with European Enlightenment thinkers, but in some instances took a uniquely American form.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements was true of Enlightenment thinkers? They believed that reason could be used to improve society and human nature. Which of the following statements about the Great Awakening was correct? It tapped into a widespread sense of religious decline.