HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Superstition and ignorance were promoted
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The principles of mercantilism were glorified
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The divine right theory of kings was challenged
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Punishments for criminal acts were rooted in vengeance
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Enlightenment thinkers argued that liberty was a natural human right and that reason and scientific knowledge-not the state or the church-were responsible for human progress. But Enlightenment reason also provided a rationale for slavery, based on a hierarchy of races.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were the 3 major ideas of the Enlightenment? Reason, individualism and skepticism were three major ideas that came out of the Enlightenment. One person who espoused all three of these values was the French philosopher, Voltaire.