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For as long as the world/society could remember countries have been ruled by Monarchs divided into feudal kingdoms and empires. The church or King having absolute power over subjects and country. For the first time in 1685 the ideals of democracy and inalienable rights of citizens was the new world order. This we call the Enlightenment.

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Causes of Enlightenment; Scientific Revolution; 1543 to 1687

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Causes of Enlightenment; Scientific Revolution; 1543 to 1687

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This was when scholars and scientists started to not think about only god but the world around them. Lots of developments in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, biology, and chemistry transformed views of society..

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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Compared

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Enlightenment philosophers John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all developed theories of government in which some or even all the people would govern. These thinkers had a profound effect on the American and French revolutions and the democratic governments that they produced.

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Effects of The Enlightenment; American Revolution 1776-1782 

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Effects of The Enlightenment; American Revolution 1776-1782 

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The Enlightenment beliefs that influenced the American Revolution were natural rights, the social contract, and the right to overthrow the government if the social contract was violated, without the Enlightenment there would not have been a revolution, resulting in no American Government.

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Effects of The Enlightenment: French Revolution 1789-1799

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Effects of The Enlightenment: French Revolution 1789-1799

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The ideas of the Enlightenment played a major role in inspiring the French Revolution, which began in 1789 and emphasized the rights of common men as opposed to the exclusive rights of the elites. As such, they laid the foundation for modern, rational, democratic societies.