How Did The Enlightenment Influence The Ideas Of The Enlightenment

In the late 1700's, ideas of the Enlightenment began to come into affect. In North America, the American government started to form after two famous documents were finished, The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States. The Political and Social ideas of Rousseau and Baccaria from the Enlightenment are replicated in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The Declaration was used to declare independence, and the Constitution was written to limit the powers of government. The Enlightenment was a period after the Renaissance where philosophers and scientists began to question previous ideas, which explains the motto of the enlightenment, "Dare to know", created by Kant. The Declaration and the