French Revolution Dbq

Was the French Revolution really the end of The Age of Enlightenment? Many people believed that after the French Revolution ended it also brought down all the ideas that the philosophers had believed. Even though the philosopher’s ideas did dim a little after the war ended they were still remembered in the people’s mind. The French Revolution was not the end of the Age of Enlightenment because it was just the peak that helped modernize the society that we live in today. Without the ideas that the Enlightenment brought we might not have the liberty that we currently have because it was used to create many of the documents that are used to prove our rights. The French Revolution was not the end of the Age of Enlightenment because the ideas that the philosophers had brought. John Locke was considered the father of Empiricism and he like many philosophers brought ideas that would end up changing history. “John Locke defended the displacement of a monarch who would not protect their lives, liberties and property of the English people”. As more and more people began to hear about these Ideas they began to hope for a future where they didn’t have to follow the rules of others and they would actually be able to put their opinion in the ideas of their Monarchy. With more …show more content…
In Locke’s book “Second Treatise of Government” he states that “Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possession” (Locke Sec.6). With these rights that were stated in his book. They ended up becoming the foundation for the primary document during the French Revolution. Some of the French monarchy didn’t agree because this document was used to state that the role of the Government was to protect the natural rights of the citizens. Many might not know but with the ideas of these natural rights were the foundation that helped create The Declaration of