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vivado [14]
3 years ago
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To what extent did the enlightenment philosophers influence the french and American revolutions?

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Natalija [7]3 years ago
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Enlightenment thinkers promoted the idea of the rights of citizens and the people's authority to create--and to change--their own governments.  The works of Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were read by leaders of the revolution movements in America and in France.  The American and French Revolutions sought to put those Enlightenment ideas into practice in creating new governments based on liberty and justice for all, and on the rights of man and of citizens.


As an example of one Enlightenment philosopher's political thoughts that influenced the revolutions, let's look at John Locke.  According to Locke's  view, a government's power to govern comes from the consent of the people themselves -- those who are to be governed.  This was a change from the previous ideas of "divine right monarchy" -- that a king ruled because God appointed him to be the ruler.  Locke repudiated the views of divine right monarchy in his <em>First Treatise on Civil Government.</em>  In his<em> Second Treatise on Civil Government</em>, Locke argued for the rights of the people to create their own governments according to their own desires and for the sake of protecting their own life, liberty, and property.

The American founding fathers read Locke (as well as other Enlightenment writers like Montesquieu and Rousseau).  The American Revolution (1775-1783) was inspired by these ideas.

The French Revolution (1789-1799) also took cues from the political philosophy of John Locke and Montesquieu--and especially also Rousseau--overthrowing the unwanted monarchy of Louis XVI.

Step2247 [10]3 years ago
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Answer:

The American Revolution: The Enlightenment ideals had a major impact on The American Revolution. You may be familiar with the phrase, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," taken from the United States Declaration of Independence. These concepts were rooted in Enlightenment thinking. American statesmen drew on the ideas of John Locke and Baron Montesquieu to gain independence from their British colonizers and to develop their own unique form of a democratic-republic.

French Revolution: The American revolutionaries' founding documents, strongly influenced by John Locke and other Enlightenment philosophers, awoke in the French a hopeful yearning for freedom. French revolutionaries borrowed heavily from the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution when crafting their own declaration and design of freedom.  

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