1. Enlightenment
The age of the Enlightenment is when, during the eighteenth century, people began to question authority, religion and philosophize about life and science. ... The increase in literacy, fading of mercantilism and an increase of prosperity, bringing confidence, all contributed to the age of revolution, both in Europe and America. ...
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