What was the Enlightenment?

The Enlightenment took place in ______.

Thinkers used _______ and ______ as tools to bring about progress.

• reason

• mindfulness

• the scientific method

• mathematics

Before the Enlightenment, Europe experienced religious and political ________.

Many Enlightenment Thinkers had their work banned by their governments.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT an idea that came from the Enlightenment?

• Freedom of speech and religion

• Rule of law

• Absolutism

• Equality

The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced revolutions in _______ and ________.

• the United States

• Brazil

• England

• France

The ideas of the Enlightenment helped the United States to form a __________ (type of government).