The enlightment ideas are used in both the US bill of rights and in the independendence of Decloration. And it's not they might be missing they just need to be better enforced
The event that lead the United States bombing Afghanistan in 2001 was the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a failed attempt that happened in a field in Pennsylvania. <span />
Britain was able to become a global power by the 1700s becasue it was suitably positioned to control trade. Europe was also industrializing and was generally winning in European conflicts. Free trade with Scotland and Ireland created a larger market for farmers and manufacturers.
