The reason why many enlightenment thinkers were writing their views on government was in response to Absolute Rule of Monarchs.
<h3>Why did Enlightenment thinkers speak on government?</h3>
Europe at the time before the Enlightenment was led by monarchs who ruled as they pleased and without regard for laws because they were above the law.
Enlightenment thinkers were against this notion and so wrote on government to show what alternatives needed to be put in place.
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Date: June 21, 1861
Commander (Confederate):
P. G. T. Beauregard
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
<span>Joseph E. Johnston
Commander (Union):
Winfield Scott
Irvin McDowell
Robert Patterson
Amount of people killed & wounded: ~4500
State that it was fought in: North of Manassas, Virginia
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