The Age of Enlightenment came up with new ideas that reordered politics and government drastically. These philosophers and the democratic governments that they created had a deep effect on the American and French revolutions.
Starting in the 1600s, European philosophers began arguing on who should rule and govern a nation. As the absolute rule of kings destabilized, Enlightenment philosophers debated for various forms of democracy.
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A. It encouraged expansion by granting low-cost land to settlers
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