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How did the Enlightenment affect people's attitudes toward political authority?

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One of the results of the Enlightenment was that people began to think for themselves. This resulted in many people questioning the absolute authority they were used to living under. People no longer believed that kings ruled by divine right

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it caused europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.

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