The American Revolution<span> demonstrated that it was plausible for Enlightenment ideas about </span>how<span> a government should be organized to actually be put into practice. Some </span>American<span> diplomats, like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, had lived in Paris, where they consorted freely with members of the </span>French<span> intellectual</span>
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They helped with social reforms such as race, sex, etc
