... a logical and defined path. Philosophers and intellectuals at the time of the Enlightenment strived to discover the laws that rule this orderly universe. The movement was "marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy." (Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as ... stay. (Cassara, 80-84) In 1776, compelled by the continuing contention with Br...

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... a logical and defined path. Philosophers and intellectuals at the time of the Enlightenment strived to discover the laws that rule this orderly universe. The movement was "marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy." (Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as ... stay. (Cassara, 80-84) In 1776, compelled by the continuing contention with Br...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... interpretation of the American Revolution and an analysis of the causes that triggered it. Professor Morgan sees the revolution as a consistent "search for principles- and views the twenty-five year revolutionary period as a quest of the colonists to seek answers to their questions of rights and liberty. The author begins his analysis of the American Revolution from Lexington Green, the event that is marked by historians as the fountain-head of the revolution. According to the author, the men ... of a common objective. This sense of nationalism gave way to the flourishing of a truly Ame...

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