To what extent was the 18th Century a time of progress / positive change?

   The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason and science.

   The British colonist Benjamin Franklin gained fame on both sides of the Atlantic as a printer, publisher, and scientist. He embodied Enlightenment ideals in the British Atlantic with his scientific experiments and philanthropic endeavors.

   Enlightenment principles guided the founding of the colony of Georgia, but those principles failed to stand up to the realities of colonial life.

Explanation:

she thought that scott was her dead husband's property.

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