HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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teachings of the church
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use of reason
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development of absolutism
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establishment of a rigid social hierarchy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the Scientific Revolution. They believed that by applying reason and scientific laws, people could better understand both nature and society. Thus, they used natural laws to try and improve society – the relationship between the people and rulers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Enlightenment helped combat the excesses of the church, establish science as a source of knowledge, and defend human rights against tyranny. It also gave us modern schooling, medicine, republics, representative democracy, and much more.
Detailed explanation-3: -They held that society existed as a contract between individuals and some larger political entity. They advanced the idea of freedom and equality before the law. Enlightenment ideas about how governments should be organized and function influenced both the American and French Revolutions.