In chapter seventeen we are learning about Europe during the Enlightenment or known as the “Age of Reason”. The cause for this Enlightenment was the Thirty Years’ War. Politics, philosophy, science, and communication were all basically reconstructed. People throughout Europe questioned authority and knew that there needed to be a change. Many things were produced during the Enlightenment period such as; books, essays, inventions, discoveries, laws, wars, and revolutions. Many significant things took place during this exciting time frame. The Enlightenment was developed from philosophizing and innovation. New discoveries made a way to observe the world and make a hypothesis based on the things that were observed. Many scientists during this
