The Enlightenment was an extension of many of the ideas of the renaissance and reformation.
The first element of this is religious. The reformation and the rise of Protestantism broke the stranglehold of the Roman Catholic Church on Europe. Protestantism was inherently anticlerical, arguing for the importance of scripture and personal faith in salvation was exclusively mediated by church ritual and hierarchy.
He was a famous writer who opposed the previous government.
King Darius died, his son Xerxes took over, 300 spartans died (including King Leonidas), Persia was defeated by the Greek.
The progressives tried to help children by limitng maximum hours of labor and in establishing a minimum age for children to be allowed to work.
There were also mandatory laws in different states for children to attend school.
The Progressives believe that government should take an active participation to solve the problems in a society like poverty, education, woman and children rights, job opportunities and best conditions for living.
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