In 1870, the u.s. supreme court ruled in the cherokee tobacco case that
The Enlightenment was a European age of reason, where politics, philosophy, and science radically changed. During this period, Europe questioned authority and embraced individual thought and humanity. This period produced a plethora of books, essays, inventions, laws, scientific findings, and revolutions, such as the American and French Revolutions, which were influenced heavily by the Enlightenment period.
After the Mexican-American war, the U.S. acquired California. The U.S. pretty much won it.
