Enlightenment and revolution

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Enlightenment and revolution refers to the historical and intellectual relationship between Enlightenment ideas—such as reason, liberty, and equality—and the political upheavals they inspired, most notably the American and French Revolutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical concept ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
political philosophy topic ⓘ
focusesOn relationship between ideas and political change ⓘ
geographicScope Caribbean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
hasKeyInfluence American Revolution ⓘ
Dutch Patriot Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Batavian Revolution

French Revolution ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
revolutions of 1848 ⓘ
linked to: 1848 revolutions
hasKeyThinker Adam Smith ⓘ
Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
Condorcet ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Montesquieu ⓘ
Thomas Paine ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
hasMainTheme Enlightenment ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
involvesConcept constitutionalism ⓘ
equality ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
reason ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
social contract ⓘ
relatedTo Age of Revolutions ⓘ
Atlantic history ⓘ
democratization ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline history ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political science ⓘ

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Enlightenment studies → includesTopic → Enlightenment and revolution ⓘ
Haitian revolutionary forces → influencedBy → French Revolution ideals ⓘ
linked to: Enlightenment and revolution
Philippe Pinel → influencedBy → Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
linked to: Enlightenment and revolution