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If there was no age of enlightenment would there be a american revolution?

Every event is significant to history, if one event is taken away then many events after that time would be altered. The thinkers of the Enlightenment played a major role in American history. With their ways of thinking they caused the people of the colonies to revolt against the motherland, Great Britain.
In the 18th century many great thinkers arose causing what is now known as the Age of Enlightenment. These great thinks are called philiosophes. The philiosophes believed that the government needed to be changed. They thought it was the duty of the government to protect the people, act on wha...

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