World history/WHME101/Enlightenment/Impact

Reading

Read the below article, from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• Did Enlightenment thinking contribute to the American and French Revolutions?

• How have Enlightenment ideas contributed to modern society?

• How did the Enlightenment contribute to the creation of modern democracies?

The Saylor Foundation, 'Political and Social Impact of the Enlightenment', February 2013.

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• The Enlightenment contributed to the French Revolution ...
• New ways of thinking ...

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