In all parts of the world, celebration, mourning, and hostility occurred all because of religion. ... These men advocated the abolition of the monarchy and establishment of a republic. ... (American Enlightenment [1], 2) Other political ideas reached America, such as John Locke's publications on contractual government and the divine right of kings. ... Such men as these, along with many others, precipitated the evolution of thought into the time known as the Enlightenment. ... Enlightenment men were not, however, merely concerned with self-perfection, but rather perfecting humanity as a w...

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The financial crisis in France would soon be solved once all of France has committed to free market capitalism. ... The Convention try's to make France a republic, which would mean no more kings. ... Robespierre and the committee practically led every aspect of the economy during this stage, therefore giving them all the power. Ultimately Robespierre becomes greedy and the super power by killing all of his rivals and leads himself to his own death where he meets Louis XVI. ... The houses include Council of Elders that had about 200 men, Council of 500, and Directory, which had five lea...

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This was based on Locke's belief that all men come into the world as potential equals, and their mind like a blank page to which every impression is impacted. ... The obvious danger of such economic control initiated a full-blown assailment against wealth, peculiarly lead by some of the richest men in America such as Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and George Washington. These rich, privileged men, and future authors of the Declaration of Independence, were confronted with an atmosphere that desperately required the backing of the poor and working-class p...

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