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The Enlightenment Ideas Of The American Revolution

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William Win Soe
World Studies 10
Mr. Key
Nov 8. 2017

"The Enlightenment’s ideas in the American Revolution" People in America were mad and broke. The colonies did not like the idea of paying high taxes to the King of England. In order to show their rage and anger, they did it by not paying taxes. The King of England was frustrated by the colonist 's action and send an army to the Americas to sort this problem out. However, the people of America wanted to be free from England, so with the help of the Enlightenment thinkers and the philosophers, they started an attack to the English soldiers. That is how the war with England began and it is known as the Revolutionary War. The American Revolution was influenced by the ideas which was …show more content…

It was a great time for the scholars and philosophers to introduce democracy and justice through deliberations of liberty and equality. One of the most well-known philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, is known for his political thoughts. He is a kind of a guy that thinks about how people could actually live their life ignoring the conflicts happening around them. He believes that people have their own right to do whatever they desire by not what they are told to do. He also believes that a system of governing should be an individual person rather than a group from a foreign country asking them to do as they pleased. In order for him to do that, he wrote a book. His book is called 'Leviathan '. In that book it is stated that "people are incapable of ruling themselves, primarily because humans are naturally self-centered and quarrelsome and need the iron fist of a strong leader." Hobbes was not more effective than following philosophes like Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. They were more confident about democracy. Their ideas were straight to the point and they support questions that were negatively viewed about absolute monarch. For example, Montesquieu proposed a concept about the separation of powers into different district of government. They also find willing students who are tempted to fight for liberty. The ideas of the Enlightenment helped lead to the American Revolution and

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