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Changes in Europe
People start to doubt the existence of god
Newton makes the laws of gravity
Locke has new ideas about government where there is no king -
Period: to
The enlightenment in America
The beginning of the age of reason (since)
Religion leaders are changing strict positions
There looking for similarities -
The results
Thomas Jefferson used Locke ideas in the Declaration of Independence
Jacques Rousseau believed in the will of all people
Montesquieu thought that one person should no hold all power