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The Enlightenment and The Revolutions

~The Enlightenment and The Revolutions~
The Scientific Revolution was what introduced the way of thinking based on experimentation, observation and applying reason. Therefore inspired people to apply reason to human society and this brought about the Enlightenment thinkers. These thinkers and their ideas was what led to the strive for independence and equality, which then led to Revolutions. From the mid-1700’s through the mid-1800’s Revolutions took place in Europe, the American and Latin American colonies. What all these Revolutions had in common was that they all influenced one another and were all influenced by the Enlightenment.
The main Enlightenment thinkers were Hobbes, Locke, Montesque, Voltaire, Rousseau, Beccaria, and Willsoncraft. Each one of these people are unique for their own ideas and what they contributed to the Enlightenment. Even though each one had different ideas on different topics they all shared the main overall view. They all wanted to bring a...

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