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The scientific revolution led to Europeans questioning traditional authority (kings, princes, the church) to the extent that this represented a major change in the way thinkers, philosophers, and scientists viewed the role of human thinking and the human desire for liberty, equity, and justice.
After many years of terror and oppression from the European monarchies during the dark ages of the Medieval Times, the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment saw the advent of important scientists, philosophers, and thinkers that influenced many rulers in different parts of the world.
We are referring to Baron de Montesquiou, Voltaire, John Locke, Galileo Galilei, and Jean-Jaques Rosseau.
These people gave birth to new ideas that influenced the United States, France, and other revolutionary nations.