Enlightenment Period

Our junior class has been learning about the early Enlightenment period of our history. This serves as the most basic foundation of our modern political system. It inspired both the American and French revolutions as well as thousands of other movements based on the idea of the individual liberty of every person. As we will soon learn, the Enlightenment period gives way to the revolutions of the late 18th century and eventually to the progressive era.
The progressive era will show you how a new class of citizens (the middle class) help inspire political change and demand equal opportunity. We will later find out how this democratic system works in the United States and see you can take part in this system through voting, participating, and a variety of other measures.