Enlightenment ideas that influenced colonial America emphasized
- A
Divine right of kings, hereditary monarchy, and absolute royal authority
- B
Religious authority over reason, scriptural law, and church-led governance
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Reason, natural rights, social contract, and constitutional government
- D
Mercantilism, bullion accumulation, and tightly regulated colonial trade
Explanation
Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and others — these ideas shaped Revolutionary thought.