Step 1: Read passage Step 2: Define ENLIGHTENMENT in your own words

“Many of the rights that American citizens enjoy today can be traced to the political and legal traditions of England and to the ideas of a cultural movement called the Enlightenment. When English people began settling here in the 1600s, they brought with them a history of limited and representative government. They also brought with them new ideas about law, society, and the rights people possessed.”