Question

Explain how the enlightenment shaped the ideological and intellectual thinking that affected reform and revolution in the period after 1750?

Answer 1

Answer:

Benjamin Franklin founder of the Enlightenment school of thought.

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin, a British colonist from Boston – a printer, publisher and scientist became famous, for he believed in capacity of man to grow through independent reasoning and science. He and– John Locke, Isaac Newton and Voltaire, other members of this same school of thought, emphasized that for evolution of humanity to take place, man should be open to new ideas, free from the church´s authority and bias.  He also advocated that religious tolerance throughout America and Europe should be promoted thus, initiating a new era of Enlightenment, a turning point from the period of Dark Ages.

He was a founder of  several ideas. In  1747 the University of Pennsylvania, 1751 co-founded the Pennsylvanian Hospital, the American Philosophical Society in 1743 to promote the spirit of inquiry and experience. He devotion to politics and science brought about well-known works on electricity.