World History: The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment is the most important part of World History 2. The Enlightenment spread
from Europe to the American colonies in the 1700s through newspaper articles reprinted from Great
Britain. Many of the ideas for the making of the Enlightenment itself was from the Americans,
Enlightenment thinkers and philosophies. Americans applied Enlightenment ideas of natural and
political science to the problems that interested them. These ideas was marked by highly creative and
thought-provoking criticism of Western Europe's ideas and practices. People, called the Enlightenment
thinkers, laid out the foundation for the attitude of religious tolerance that played a major role in the
American colonies. This is the way the government
from Europe to the American colonies in the 1700s through newspaper articles reprinted from Great
Britain. Many of the ideas for the making of the Enlightenment itself was from the Americans,
Enlightenment thinkers and philosophies. Americans applied Enlightenment ideas of natural and
political science to the problems that interested them. These ideas was marked by highly creative and
thought-provoking criticism of Western Europe's ideas and practices. People, called the Enlightenment
thinkers, laid out the foundation for the attitude of religious tolerance that played a major role in the
American colonies. This is the way the government