Question

Answer the following questions in your own words. What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 1

The Enlightenment was a sprawling intellectual, philosophical, cultural, and social movement that spread through England, France, Germany, and other parts of Europe during the 1700s.

Answer 2

The Enlightenment was basically a period inwhich people stopped closely following the beliefs of the church and began to question everything and take more faith in science and philosophy.