A Star is Born

A new age of thought and reason emerged from Europe and America in the 18th century. This new age would be known as the Enlightenment, where people believed they were entering an age of reason, science, and a respect for humanity. During the Enlightenment, thinkers thought that the Roman Catholic Church had caused the human mind to be closed from reason. Instead of strictly following Christian theology, people took the form of Deism, accepting the existence of God. There were also some risks involved by taking part in the Enlightenment. A person could be imprisoned for his writings, and most were hampered by the government or attacked by the church. The Enlightenment ended with the French Revolution of 1789.
After the French and Indian War, Britain suffered from a great war debt. The solution to this was to tax the American Colonies. One example of these taxes would be the Stamp Act. In order for marriage licenses, mortgages, diplomas, bills of sale, and newspapers to be official,...