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How did the Enlightenment impact the colonial North American development between 1620 and 1776

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The main way in which the Enlightenment impacted colonial North American development between 1620 and 1776 was that it taught the colonists to be self-reliant and to question the ultimate power and authority of a monarch. It was this thinking that led to the American Revolution in 1776.
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