Question

What were the cultural impacts of the Enlightenment period?
Decrease in literacy and educational pursuits
Decrease in literacy and educational pursuits

Rejection of scientific thought in favor of religious doctrine
Rejection of scientific thought in favor of religious doctrine

Promotion of knowledge, reason, and individualism over tradition
Promotion of knowledge, reason, and individualism over tradition

Strengthening of absolute monarchies

Answer 1

Rejection of absolute monarchies and promotion of democratic ideals and government

Advocacy for human rights and equality

Expansion of scientific knowledge and advancements in technology

Promotion of secularism and skepticism towards religious authority

Challenges to social and class hierarchies

Encouragement of freedom of speech, press, and expression

Development of new intellectual and artistic movements, such as Romanticism and Neoclassicism

Formation of new social and intellectual networks and societies

Inspiration for political revolutions, such as the American and French Revolutions