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The Enlightenment era ushered in a series of sweeping changes in both Europe and the English Colonies in America. Both the American and French Revolutions were greatly influenced by ideas that came from the Enlightenment period. | The Enlightenment era ushered in a series of sweeping changes in both Europe and the English Colonies in America. Both the American and French Revolutions were greatly influenced by ideas that came from the Enlightenment period. | ||
=====The Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution===== | |||
[https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/history-secondary-ks3/units/the-enlightenment-what-was-the-enlightenment/lessons/the-enlightenment-and-the-age-of-revolution?sid-c0988c=QVJTcX_Y5V&sm=0&src=4 by Oak National Academy] | |||
The Enlightenment was a series of ideas that criticised absolutist governments. | |||
The Enlightenment inspired groups of people to challenge their governments. | |||
