The Enlightenment (jan 29, 1685 – dec 31, 1818)
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European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the “long 18th century” (1685-1815) as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment. The most apparent cause of the Enlightenment was the Thirty Years' War. This horribly destructive war, which lasted from 1618 to 1648, compelled German writers to pen harsh criticisms regarding the ideas of nationalism and warfare.
Popular philosophers—such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, Rousseau. The Enlightenment was important America because it provided the philosophical basis of the American Revolution.
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