These are acually not just American rights, they are the ideas philosophes from the Enlightenment era that have founded the American, French, and many other revolutions. They are John Locke's Natural Rights. In America it's called our Constitutional Rights.
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The enlightenment had a lot to do with the declaration. the age of enlightenment brought forth new ideas from enlightenment thinkers suck as John Locke and the natural rights which Thomas Jefferson put in the declaration of independence
The Enlightenment promoted ideas of individual rights, reason, and equality, challenging the traditional privileges and authority of the aristocracy. These ideas threatened the aristocracy's power by promoting social change, questioning inherited privilege, and advocating for democratic reforms that would limit their control over society.
These are acually not just American rights, they are the ideas philosophes from the Enlightenment era that have founded the American, French, and many other revolutions. They are John Locke's Natural Rights. In America it's called our Constitutional Rights.
how did the constitution and the Bill of Rights reflects enlightenment ideas
-Human nature, role of government. -Government needed to control selfish ambitions. -Protect natural rights. Hope it helped!
Monarchs, aristocrats, and the Catholic Church felt threatened by the ideas of the Enlightenment because they challenged traditional authority, promoted individual rights and freedoms, and advocated for secularism and the separation of church and state. These ideas undermined their power and control over society.
The British Bill of Rights of 1689.
The first and second estate rejected the ideas of the Enlightenment because these ideas challenged their traditional power and privileges. The Enlightenment promoted concepts like equality, democracy, and individual rights that went against the interests of the nobility and clergy who benefited from the existing social and political hierarchy. Additionally, Enlightenment ideals called for a separation of church and state, threatening the religious authority of the second estate.
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A democracy protects the rights and ideas of the majority through the vote or ballot in which the majority rules. A democracy protects the rights and ideas of a minority only if it also has a supreme law such as a constitution that puts limits on what the majority rule may do.