The enlightenment gained so much force in the mid 1700s that it destroyed old beliefs and led to lasting changes in society and government. The age of enlightenment brought us crucial inventions and discoveries in many areas including the circulation of blood, optics, scientific. Students did a gallery walk of the philosophers during the enlightenment. The enlightenment thinkers stood for a number of ideals. The age of enlightenment power point, available in the database of k12 resources in pdf format o to view this pdf as a projectable presentation, save the file, click view in. You are required to include thomas hobbes, ben franklin, thomas jefferson, john locke, montesquieu rousseau, and voltaire as guests. American enlightenment produced the american revolution, the writing of the declaration of independence, the creation of the american republic under the united states constitution of 1787, the bill of rights in 1790, as well as the development american government throughout the early 1800s. Roots of the enlightenment the respect for reason can be traced back to the ancient greeks and romans. Enlightenment the encyclodie eighteenthcentury france is the country of the enlightenment in its most fully developed and most thorough form. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and.
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