HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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The colonies’ ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed during the Enlightenment.
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Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies.
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The US Constitution was based on the constitutions of successful European countries.
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All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonists had.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rooted in revolutionary ideas from the European Enlightenment, the American Enlightenment introduced new ways of thinking, especially regarding government. This movement eventually caused the American Revolution and, ultimately, helped create the United States of America.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Enlightenment ideas were highly embodied in the declaration of United State Independence. The major enlightenment ideas highlighted that each and every citizen has the right to reason, autonomy, and the notion that all human beings are equal by nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -In turn, the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution. Democracy was not created in a heartbeat.