Question

How do Enlightenment thinkers impact ideas about government?

Answer 1

Answer:

They challenged the Church for practices that gave the Church too much power over the people.

They raised questions about human rights and advocated political and economic theories.

Explanation:

Enlightenment philosophers were revolutionary thinkers at the time, who questioned the status quo of their era. During this era, the church had a lot of power, and Enlightenment philosophers questioned this power. They also questioned the power of absolute monarchs, deeming absolute monarchy to be against their ideas about human society, democracy and individual rights.