Question

European philosophers and their ideas about government deeply influenced American colonists. During the late 1600s and 1700s, Europe experienced a major intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, Europeans challenged the rule of leaders who claimed to have power because of divine right, or by God-given authority, and began to consider different ideas about what makes government legitimate.
How might the Enlightment period have changed the way people thought about government?