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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had different views on how government should function. Thomas believed that people in society were selfish and there should be an absolute monarchy and people should give up their freedom for an organized society. John Locke believed in natural rights, rights given to you by god from birth, like liberty and pursuit of happiness.

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Adam Smith believed in capitalism which is the economic system used in the United States. He thought that people work privately and freely for the profit of their own business. During the Enlightenment people were trying to steer away from absolute monarchy which led communist societies for Capitalist society.

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The Enlightenment opened up Europe to more religions then just the ones enforced by their King's and Queen's. People were finally able to believe in what they wanted to believe, not something that they are forced to think they believe in.

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During the Enlightenment, people decided that they wanted everyone in the society to have equal power. Unlike how absolute monarchy works with only the king and queen having power in the society. It also gave the people the opportunity to express their own ideas about how a society should function without being forced to do something they do not want to do

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The Enlightenment was spreading quickly across Europe because of philosophers like John Locke and Voltaire sharing ideas of a better society. John Locke was born in Wrington, United Kingdom and Voltaire was born in Paris, France

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Denis Diderot, had the greatest collaborative achievement of the Enlightenment. He was the writer of the Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia was important for spreading ideas beyond France. It presented knowledge in a scientific manner.