https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm Made with magic en-us 2022-02-28 19:03:14 UTC 2026-03-15 02:06:28 UTC hello@padlet.com jacquelinesands https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070137180 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. ]]> 2022-02-28 19:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070137180 jacquelinesands https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070159484 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.. ]]> 2022-02-28 19:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070159484 jacquelinesands https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070171314 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.]]> 2022-02-28 19:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070171314 jacquelinesands https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070217320 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.]]> 2022-02-28 19:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070217320 jacquelinesands https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070222010 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.]]> 2022-02-28 19:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jacquelinesands/k5shf7v1hlm2ajsm/wish/2070222010