Age of Enlightenment (1715 - 1789) • Use of reason, the scientific method, and progress • Breaking away from their old traditions • Monarchies to societies with liberty • Influenced Europeans' ideas in the 17th&18th centuries • Also called the Age of Reason (jan 1, 1715 – jan 1, 1789)
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jan 1, 1715
jan 1, 1789
~ 74 years