Followers of the enlightenment in England and its colonies believed that power must be balanced to best protect individual liberty.
<h3>What was enlightenment?</h3>
An intellectual and philosophical movement known as the Age of Enlightenment, or simply the Enlightenment, dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and had a significant impact on the rest of the world.
The beliefs of the Enlightenment were diverse, with a focus on the importance of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge derived from reason and the evidence of the senses, and goals like liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and the separation of church and state.
The Scientific Revolution and Francis Bacon's contributions, among others, came before the Age of Enlightenment. Some claim that the Enlightenment began when René Descartes' Discourse on the Method, which contained his famous phrase Cogito, ergo sum, was published in 1637. ("I think, therefore I am").
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Balance Theory talks about the reason for cognitive consistency as an impetus for psychological balance. The reason for consistency is the desire to maintain values and beliefs over time.
