The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. The American and French Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment ideals and respectively marked the peak of its influence and the beginning of its decline.
Without the First Amendment, religious minorities could be persecuted, the government might well establish a national religion, protesters could be silenced, the press could not criticize government, and citizens could not mobilize for social change
Agrarian society grows their own food and is dependent on agricultural production for their economy. Whereas industrial society’s are rapidly growing their manufacturing and exporting of goods. Such societies have a stable enough agricultural system to devote more time to other tasks.
