The enlightenment had long term effects upon the world, especially the united states. explain two ways the enlightenment affected the united states government.

first. the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution. ... The American Revolution and the domestic instability that followed prompted a call for a new type of government with a constitution to guarantee liberty.

second. American Enlightenment thought ... revivalism and experimental forms of government. also rearranged politics and government in earthshaking ways. This cultural movement embraced several types of philosophies, or approaches to thinking and exploring the world. Generally, Enlightened thinkers thought objectively and without prejudice. Reasoning, rationalism, and empiricism were some of the schools of thought that composed the Enlightenment.

- "the four new england colonies of colonial america included colonies of new hampshire, massachusetts bay colony, rhode island and connecticut."

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