HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Restrict education to the upper classes.
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Improve the well being of all people.
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Limit the spread of religious freedom.
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Make tougher penalties for criminals.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was thought during the Enlightenment that human reasoning could discover truths about the world, religion, and politics and could be used to improve the lives of humankind. Skepticism about received wisdom was another important idea; everything was to be subjected to testing and rational analysis.
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: -Enlightenment thinkers sought to curtail the political power of organized religion, and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war. The radical Enlightenment promoted the concept of separating church and state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Political freedoms, contracts and rights By the end of the 18th century most European nations harboured movements calling for political reform, inspired by radical enlightened ideals which advocated clean breaks from tyranny, monarchy and absolutism.