Enlightenment influences
Let’s Learn About the Enlightenment and Its Influence:
SS.7.CG.1.4 – Analyze how Enlightenment ideas, including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and Locke’s social contract, influenced the Founding.
The Enlightenment
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The Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution include important ideas that the writers of both documents borrowed from thinkers from the Enlightenment era.
Benchmark Clarification 1: Important Enlightenment Ideas
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Benchmark Clarification 2: The Enlightenment and the Founding Fathers
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Benchmark Clarification 3: Montesquieu and Locke
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