EMERGENCE OF USA
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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most changes in government are dangerous
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absolute monarchy is the most effective form of government
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governments are instituted to protect citizens’ rights
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popular liberties should be limited by the need for social order
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Enlightenment brought political modernization to the west, in terms of focusing on democratic values and institutions and the creation of modern, liberal democracies. Enlightenment thinkers sought to curtail the political power of organized religion, and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war.
Detailed explanation-2: -In turn, the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the most famous Enlightenment thinkers, including Locke and Rousseau, were social contract theorists. They believe that legitimate government arose from an agreement between rulers and ruled.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enlightenment thinkers wanted to improve human conditions on earth rather than concern themselves with religion and the afterlife. These thinkers valued reason, science, religious tolerance, and what they called “natural rights”-life, liberty, and property.