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How Did The Age Of Reason Shape The Characteristics Of The Enlightenment

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A big part of the Enlightenment that I saw in the reading was the American Revolution. It seemed that previous events in literature such as the age of reason helped to shape the characteristics of the Enlightenment and revolution movement in literature. As I read, I pictured the Enlightenment movement and I pictured change with each milestone in time. In the beginning of the enlightenment the social and political aspects were formed from the age of reason, God and nature were the main focus. As stated in the text “ whose emphasis on the social contract as the “natural” basis for government suggested a consistency between the laws of nature and those of society.” During the revolutionary period in the Enlightenment, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin,

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