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They tried to limit expansion because they thought the Indians would kill them all. They threatened all the colonists and forced them to stay in the colonies.
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.