Englightenment

Question 1

People strongly believed in…

Answer 1

…the power of critical thinking

Question 2

Religious and political leaders

Answer 2

• began losing their influence on society

> logic and progress in science were seen as the answers to all life’s great questions of freedom, democracy and fundamental rights

Question 3

England

Answer 3

• britain had become a rich nation thanks to its trade
• England was one of the most advanced economics in the world
• started reading books > the novel became the leading genre of the enlightenment