An important intellectual movement in Europe in the 1700's that led to the questioning of authority, particularly absolute monarchs and the Roman Catholic Church. The thinkers of the Enlightenment, called the philosophes, questioned the purpose and role of government. Key ideas of the movement include: Natural Rights, the Social Contract Theory of Government, Popular Sovereignty, etc.

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An important intellectual movement in Europe in the 1700's that led to the questioning of authority, particularly absolute monarchs and the Roman Catholic Church. The thinkers of the Enlightenment, called the philosophes, questioned the purpose and role of government. Key ideas of the movement include: Natural Rights, the Social Contract Theory of Government, Popular Sovereignty, etc.

Age of Reason/the Enlightenment
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Armistice
Glorious Revolution