What was the enlightenment

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1. What was the enlightenment? What overall impact did it have on Europe?

2. In what we did the Enlightenment pushback on previously establish religions structure of European society?

3. In what ways did Enlightenmen thinking back to the solution of marginalized groups( such as woman's, people who were enslaved etc.)

5. Describe two ways in which the global war of the 18th century impact the balance of power in Europe and it's colonial holdings ?

6. There is an increasing antI - Enlightenment strain in conservative intellectual circle in the United States, and elsewhere the political left has been critical of the Enlightenmen's legacy. based on what you are learned about the. enlightenment so far, what aspects of it do you imagine might be politically controversial in the 21st century, and why?

4. Which of the following options best describes the concept of "enlightened absolutism" and the effect that it had on Europe in the 18th century?

Enlightened absolutism was a philosophy invested in the idea that a ruler who became enlightened would willingly decrease their own power; its influence resulted in several monarchs ceded significant amounts of power to European legislative bodies in the 18th century.
Enlightened absolutism was a political approach in which monarchs with strong, centralized power used that power to enact reforms that reflected Enlightenment ideals in their countries; as a result, many European experienced significant modernization during the 18th century.
Enlightened absolutism was a political approach in which people peacefully protested injustice by seeking to use education and information sharing to enlighten absolute monarchs; as a result, many protesters were persecuted by monarchs zealous of protecting their power.
Enlightened absolutism was a political approach in which people peacefully protested injustice by seeking to use education and information sharing to enlighten absolute monarchs; as a result, many monarchs enacted important reforms within their countries.

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