How the Age of Reason Leads to the Revolution
The Age of Reason is a movement that started in Europe and spread to America. This movement brought about the use of reason or rationale thinking, instead of tradition and established doctrine. People began thinking differently and realized they did not have to accept the ways of the past as the way of the future. Once the American colonists began to believe in these ideas, they began to question divine-right of kings and entrenched manners of thought. The use of common sense, the changes in how the colonists viewed God and the emphasis upon human knowledge during the Age of Reason helped lead to the Revolution. These new ideas of enlightenment eventually led the colonists to seek freedom and independence from England, because they realized they could think independently and no longer needed the oversight of England. …show more content…
They began adopting new ideas and opinions instead of what they have been taught. J. Hector St. John De Crèvecoeur states in Letters from an American Farmer, "The America is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinion” (312). When the Age of Reason movement comes to America, the colonists start to reason things, or use more common sense. A new emphasis was put on science and math which led people to learn to do things a new way and learn independence from England. In Common Sense, Thomas Paine states “a new method of thinking hath arisen” (326). This new method is considered reason and common sense. Thoughts about the endowment of their God given brain and sound judgement caused the colonist to seek separation from England and ultimately their
The Age of Reason is a movement that started in Europe and spread to America. This movement brought about the use of reason or rationale thinking, instead of tradition and established doctrine. People began thinking differently and realized they did not have to accept the ways of the past as the way of the future. Once the American colonists began to believe in these ideas, they began to question divine-right of kings and entrenched manners of thought. The use of common sense, the changes in how the colonists viewed God and the emphasis upon human knowledge during the Age of Reason helped lead to the Revolution. These new ideas of enlightenment eventually led the colonists to seek freedom and independence from England, because they realized they could think independently and no longer needed the oversight of England. …show more content…
They began adopting new ideas and opinions instead of what they have been taught. J. Hector St. John De Crèvecoeur states in Letters from an American Farmer, "The America is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinion” (312). When the Age of Reason movement comes to America, the colonists start to reason things, or use more common sense. A new emphasis was put on science and math which led people to learn to do things a new way and learn independence from England. In Common Sense, Thomas Paine states “a new method of thinking hath arisen” (326). This new method is considered reason and common sense. Thoughts about the endowment of their God given brain and sound judgement caused the colonist to seek separation from England and ultimately their