Based on what you've read in the lesson and watched in the video, describe how the political upheaval during the Revolutionary era influenced the writers and intellectuals of the time. Your response should be two to three paragraphs in length.

The Enlightenment, 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.

Is it better to allow someone to make up their own mind about something then to feel the need to coerce or force them over to your side