Essay On The Enlightenment Dbq

Yaakov Kessler
Mrs.Legum
AP World History
Enlightenment LEQ

After a dark period of time a new age of philosophers committed to bettering the citizens were born. The Enlightenment Period consisted of philosophers that advocated for political, social, and economic changes. The enlightenment thinkers motivated the revolutions of the 18 and 19th century by promoting Equal rights of Man and by preaching that governments should be managed by branches instead of a monarch.

One of the most influential revolutions was the American revolution whereas the American colonists were fed up with the British and declared independence from them. The declaration of independence which proclaimed to both the British and the colonists that a new government will be set up with equal rights of Man and A three branched government. The Declaration of Independence was heavily influenced by John Locke whose ideas Justified the rebellion against the British. John Locke’s ideas were so heavily impactful on the declaration that it states “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” which is almost a carbon

During this meeting the third estate established itself as the national assembly and wanted equality for the third estate. This assembly called for tax reform and limited power to the monarch. As doing so the king attempted to stop the assembly from meeting and a Tennis court Oath took place. Enlightenment thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Montesquieu influenced a revolution due to the social contract presumed to have been broken by the monarch. John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Montesquieu also influenced the writing of The Declaration of Rights of Man which gave equal rights to all men . After a bloody revolution a new Government was set up using Montesquieu's ideas about the separation of powers which influenced the creation of the Constitution of