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1  Loosely affiliated movement of writers, artists, thinkers, and scientists, that affected aspects of life in Europe and the colonies  c. 1650-1800 What is the Enlightenment?

2 The Age of Enlightenment

3   Logic and Reason (common sense)   Empiricism (Evidence-based thought) and the Scientific Method   Personal Freedom and Self-Governance   Free Exchange of Ideas, and the exploration of the logical, mathematical, or political Laws that govern the Universe.   Inspired by Democratic and Republican societies of ancient Greece and Rome, and the scientific and philosophical exploration that took place in them. Basic Enlightenment Values

4   Superstitions   Religious traditions and dogma   Some social and class traditions and structure   Monarchies, aristocracy, and hereditary governments The Enlightenment Reacted Against….

5 Rene Descartes

6 Isaac Newton

7 Voltaire

8 John Locke

9 Adam Smith

10 American Enlightenment

11 In the American Revolution

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