It can be said that Absolutism and constitutional monarchy created an atmosphere that would support the Enlightenment and the American Revolution. During the 17th and 18th century, many rulers in Europe became absolute monarchs. In other words they were kings who believed in the Divine RIght, which was basically the idea that God put them on Earth to rule. These kings did not treat their people very well. For example, King Louis XIV from France was an Absolute Monarch who spent enormous amounts of money on the Palace of Versaille. He lived extravagantly, while many of his people could barely afford food to feed their families. Because of the way these monarchs were ruling their kingdom, many of the common people started getting the idea for a revolution. Sooner rather
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These major thinkers were John Locke and Thomas Hobbs. Locke believed that people were born with natural rights meanwhile Hobbs believed that Absolutism could prevent the world or the government from becoming an anarchy. Now the real question is if Britain was filled with such great thinkers and was the ideal image of the Enlightenment, then why did the American Colonists feel a need to rebel and fight against Britain for independence? They rebelled against Britain for many reason, however, their rebellion was due to the fact that the British treated them poorly and unfair. Taxes were another reason why the American colonists declared their independence from Britain. Back then after the the Seven Years War, Great Britain became broke and they needed money badly. So they introduced the taxes to parliament without the representation of the colonists, and that built up a lot of anger in the colonies. The Boston massacre played a major role in making the colonists snap at the British and saying that enough is enough. They fought Great Britain and
These major thinkers were John Locke and Thomas Hobbs. Locke believed that people were born with natural rights meanwhile Hobbs believed that Absolutism could prevent the world or the government from becoming an anarchy. Now the real question is if Britain was filled with such great thinkers and was the ideal image of the Enlightenment, then why did the American Colonists feel a need to rebel and fight against Britain for independence? They rebelled against Britain for many reason, however, their rebellion was due to the fact that the British treated them poorly and unfair. Taxes were another reason why the American colonists declared their independence from Britain. Back then after the the Seven Years War, Great Britain became broke and they needed money badly. So they introduced the taxes to parliament without the representation of the colonists, and that built up a lot of anger in the colonies. The Boston massacre played a major role in making the colonists snap at the British and saying that enough is enough. They fought Great Britain and