The Enlightenment played an important role in the French Revolution. The Enlightenment transformed the monarchy, creating the idea of a republic. The bourgeoisie liked the ideas of John Locke. He said no king should have absolute power and liked the idea of a constitutional monarchy.
It discouraged the revival of the empire and encouraged the emergence of regional states that organized their communities into powerful societies.<span />
President Abraham Lincoln
William was a writer that posted a newspaper called "The Liberator". This was a abolitionist newspaper. He kept posting these until the end of slavery. The Lovejoy's also wrote things on slavery. Fredrick was the leader of the abolitionists he was a slave that had escaped from slavery and wrote a very important anti slavery writing. <span />
Philip II conquered Portugal in 1580; Spain maintained Iberian unity from 1580 to 1640.
For an absolute monarch, Philip II has historically retained an excellent reputation among the Spanish people themselves.
Joining the Holy League, the Spanish during Philip's reign inflicted a major defeat on the Turks at Lepanto in October 1571, ending Turkish dominion over the Mediterranean
