<span>Enlightenment ideas about government provided a philosophical basis for the revolutions of the late 1700s and early 1800s. they replaced them with more democratic forms of government. They also triggered a series of nationalist uprisings that let to the formation of new nation-states.</span>
On this day in 2001, less than a month after al-Qaeda terrorists flew commercial jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, President George <span>W. </span>Bush<span> announces that American </span>troops<span> are on the offensive in </span>Afghanistan. <span>George W. </span>Bush Sends Troops to Iraq<span>. On March 19, 2003, President George W. </span>Bush i<span>nforms the nation that he has ordered U.S. </span>troops<span> into </span>Iraq<span>, promising a "broad and concerted campaign" against Saddam Hussein's regime. </span>
The government should respect the rights of its citizens.
