How did Enlightenment ideas about liberty, natural rights, and human dignity apply to most of the world's people in the eighteenth century? Enlightenment ideas were meant only for people of western Europe and North America. Enlightenment ideas did not apply to three-quarters of the world's people, who were in bondage. Very few people outside the United States thought about political ideas. Most people embraced Enlightenment ideas and demanded their rights.

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Clayton Harmon

31 December, 09:52

How did Enlightenment ideas about liberty, natural rights, and human dignity apply to most of the world's people in the eighteenth century? Enlightenment ideas were meant only for people of western Europe and North America. Enlightenment ideas did not apply to three-quarters of the world's people, who were in bondage. Very few people outside the United States thought about political ideas. Most people embraced Enlightenment ideas and demanded their rights.

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Angela Kidd · Answer 1

Most people embraced Enlightenment ideas and demanded their rights.

Choi · Answer 2

Answer: Most people embraced ideas and demanded their rights.

Explanation:

The four choices:

Enlightenment ideas were meant only for people of western Europe and North America. Enlightenment ideas did not apply to three-quarters of the world's people, who were in bondage. Very few people outside the United States thought about political ideas. Most people embraced Enlightenment ideas and demanded their rights.

Choice 1: Enlightenment ideas originated in western Europe, but were not specifically meant for those people. Anyone could contribute or utilize the ideas.

Choice 2: Three-quarters of the world's people were not in bondage. This is an inaccurate statistic.

Choice 3: There is no evidence that people outside the United States thought about political ideas. There were international politics in Europe far prior to the United States being founded.

Choice 4: This answer is the closest to being true. Most people during the enlightenment embraced Enlightenment ideas, which was one of the main reasons why the movement was so successful.