There are several ways in which humanists' studies and ideas affected the renaissance life, but the main way was that they put the focus on the person, not a God.
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In both the French and Haitian Revolutions, Enlightenment ideals influenced the people, but in France, the people of the Third Estate were already free, just treated unequally, while the people in Haiti were slaves and had no right
Depending on the time, it could be the Phoenicians ( I think this is the best answer; this is what they're known for best) or later in time, the Romans (but they had colonies also elsewhere).