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The Age of Reason, also called the Enlightenment, occured during the seventeenth and eighteenth century (1600's and lasted until the late 1700's). This was a period in history when philosophers emphasized the use of reason as the best method of learning the truth.
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What was the European intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that applied reason to the social and political world?
Enlightenment
When did the Renascence occurred?
When did the Renaissance era occur
Heavy European expansion in America especially during the 18th and 19th Centuries means?
Europeans landed on the East Coast of the United States in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
During what era did increasing sectionalism occur?
Antebellum Era
When did Hoovervilles occur?
during the great depression and when herbert hoover was president
Was the light bulb invented during the enlightenment?
The light bulb was not invented by Thomas Edison during the Age Of Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment was a cultural period during the 17th and 18th centuries; the incandescent light bulb was not invented until 1879.
What century did the Golden Age occur?
During the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE.
What centuries did the Enlightenment period take place?
17th -18th centuries
The development of representative institutions in the colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries was aided by a movement called a popularization of science and reason?
the Enlightenment
Why did the enlightenment occur?
The Enlightenment occurred as a response to the rigid social and political structures of the time, seeking to promote reason, individualism, and progress through education and the spread of knowledge. It was fueled by advancements in science, philosophy, and political thought that challenged traditional authority and promoted ideas of liberty, equality, and human rights.
What philosophical movement led to the revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries?
The philosophical movement that led to the revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries was the Enlightenment. This period emphasized reason, science, individual rights, and the questioning of traditional authority, which ultimately influenced revolutions such as the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
What did the governments and churches do during the enlightenment?
During the enlightenment governments and churches tried to stop spread enlightenment ideas
Why during the last two centuries of the Roman Empire did frequent civil wars occur?
Ambitious aristocrats attempted to seize power.
What philosophy influenced Japanese thinking during the Meiji Restoration?
The Enlightenment influenced Japanese thinking during the Meiji Restoration.
Did satanism stemmed from Christianity?
No, though it began to form in the Enlightenment in Europe during the 17-18th centuries, it really took off in the late 1960s in the USA. It is a liberal social movement for physical freedoms.
When did the enlightenment beginning?
the Enlightenment began during the mid-1600s, close to the year 1650
What old notions did scholars during the enlightenment want to rethink?
The scholars during the enlightenment wanted to rethink the idea of christian Europe.
