Question

The Enlightenment influenced revolutions in which of the following countries?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D, as the Enlightenment influenced revolutions in America (American Revolution), France (French Revolution) and Great Britain (Industrial Revolution).

The eighteenth century is, in general, a time of progress of rational knowledge and improvement of the techniques of science. It was a period of enrichment that empowered the new bourgeoisie, although the traditional rights of the privileged orders within the absolutist monarchical system were maintained. However, the history of the eighteenth century consists of two distinct stages: the first assumes a continuity of the Old Regime (until the 1770s), and the second, of profound changes, culminates with the American Revolution, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution In England.

Illustration influenced these revolutions by changing the way great thinkers viewed the world. These went from seeing the monarchies as superior and powerful entities, to seeing them as fallible and perfectible organisms. The loss of that status by the monarchy, along with the rise of liberal ideas, generated such revolutions.

Answer 2

The answer is All of the above. Had this question on a Sociology quiz