How did the Enlightenment change the way people looked at the world?

Enlightenment ideas influenced society and culture as a new generation of philosophes had new ideas about liberty and the condition of women, which were spread through an increasingly literate society. Many suggested that people had adopted laws and government in order to preserve their property, falling hostage to government.

the mexican-american war was a conflict between the united states and mexico, fought from april 1846 to february 1848.