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laiz [17]
3 years ago
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What was the Enlightenment, and how did it change they way people viewed government?

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kumpel [21]3 years ago
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Enlightenment was when people started to focus more what's around them, not what church said. It's when Scientific Revolution also started. People started to explore and wanted to achieve many things. It also made people think about who should govern them and what was the purpose of the government itself. They didn't want to focus on spiritual ideas anymore.
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