Question

Discuss how did the enlightenment impact the world; governments, societies, and countries‘ economy from different regions of the globe?

Answer 1

The enlightenment, also known as the age of reason, was an european cultural, political and intellectual renovation movement that started in England at the end of the 17th century and lasted almost 100 years.

The enlightenment was based on the freedom of thinking and experimentation with the objective of improving knowledge, bringing new economic models such as economic liberalism and fisiocratism, that opposed to the reigning mercantilism and monopoly models around the world.