I believe the Enlightenment changed America by making us more unique as people instead of a group. It pulled us away from the traditional European ways and led us to our own path instead of following religious leaders. There was no more “Impress God and he will not smite you down for committing a sin” because they were opened up to a whole new world. Anew way of thinking and a new way of seeing. The kings and queens weren’t chosen by a holy figure, they just told us that so we would listen to them. The people were no longer chained up and forced to believe what was not true, they were technically “free” from all the lies and opened up to the truth. This affects the United States today because if we were all forced to learn the same thing the
