The focus of thought for most philosophers during the Enlightenment focused on humanity and change: both the ability to change as well as the need for people to do so. ... The philosophers taught people that criminals must be rehabilitated and pay their debt to society. ... Deism, another form of Enlightenment religion is based on two main ideas: religion should be reasonable, and the knowledge of the natural and human world has nothing to do with religion. ... Most of all, the attitude towards religion in general was an acceptance of all religions. The freedom of religion was an important con...

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The ideas put into romanticism came from two well-known people, a French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau and a Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... The Enlightenment can be defined as the period of time when reason and science became the driving forces of life. ... Religion also evolved, and Deism, the belief that the universe is run by an intelligent and benevolent God, came into play. ... The first hint of the American Enlightenment can best be exemplified by John Wise and Jonathan Edwards and their attempts to reform the Church. ... Another vital man of the Enlightenment was Benjamin Franklin....

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The propaganda included information such as: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, free education, right of private ownership, right to a trial by jury, and basic civil rights to peruse life, liberty, and happiness free from discrimination based on race, religion, or sexual gender. ... Jefferson was a philosopher, educator, naturalist, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, pioneer in scientific farming, musician, and writer, and he was the foremost spokesman for democracy of his day. ... These ideas came from European philosophers, Jacques Rousseau. He was a French philosopher, s...

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The Literature of Colonial America 1620-1776 The Religious Background The early religion of the colonies was one based primarily on Puritan dogma. The Puritans were a fundamentalist group who felt that the church had become corrupt and that it was the scriptures not the trappings that were important to the religion. ... The Enlightenment In the 18th century philosophers and scientists began to spread the ideas of Deism throughout Europe and eventually the colonies. ...

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