Ready to be "Enlightened" ?
During the enlightenment two views on the government and new ways of thinking were coming about. The Scientific Revolution inspired the prevailing ideas that led to Europeans seeking insights into society during the 1600 and 1700s. The Age of Enlightenment was a movement stressing reason and thought.
There was one big thing that needed changed during the Enlightenment, government. Thomas Hobbes wanted big government, while John Locke wanted small government. Jean-Jacques Rousseau agreed with Locke on his governmental. Baron de Montesquieu had the idea of the Separation of Powers , this worked for big and small governments. America started out as a small government country but is turned into a big government country.
Mary Wollstonecraft wanted greater rights for women. A couple were: women's need for a good education and urging women to go into male profession, like politics. Inalienable Rights are our god-given rights. These cannot be taken away by a government and individual