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Which of the following heavily influenced the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

divine right of kings


Enlightenment philosophers

Catholic Reformation

women's movement

Answer 1

Answer: ENLIGHTENED PHILOSOPHERS

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Enlightenment thinkers promoted the idea of the rights of citizens and the people's authority to create--and to change--their own governments. The works of Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were read by leaders of the revolution movements in America. The American Revolution sought to put those Enlightenment ideas into practice in creating a government based on liberty and justice for all. The French Revolution was influenced by many of these same philosophers -- indeed, many of them (such as Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau) were French writers.