The Blessing of the English Philosophers

By Logan Cramer

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The English Philosophers paved the way for many modern day normalities we take for

granted in society. Freedom from corruption, equality, and separation of powers are fundamental

principles we live by as a country. The origin of these ideas are the enlightenment thinkers. The

founding fathers swore by these ideas, and founded our country upon them. These ideas also

reached many authoritarian governments of the time, resulting in the development of democracy.

These fundamental beliefs and ideas were foreign to most people of the period, so the

implementation of them vastly changed society forever. These inventions paved the way for

greatness

Many ideas from the Industrial revoltion period are fundamental building blocks of safe,

developed countries. Voltaire stood by the idea of separating the church from the state. This

prevents governments from abusing their powers to appease the interests of a certain religion.

This prevents authoritarian corruption from seeping into countries, and is a fundamental piece of

our constitution. Another brilliant idea of this period for governing a state was Montesquieu's

separation of powers. This idea, like Voltaire's, stands as a fundamental aspect to our constitution

and Bill of Rights, which are fundamental pieces our government abides by. According to: World

History: Connections to Today: "The framers of the constitution used the ideas of Montesquieu

and Voltaire" (pg.462). These thinkers of the enlightenment period helped shape this country into

what it is today
 When most people first heard of these new ideas of the industrial revolution. Given this,

people wanted their own country to adopt these ideas. Obviously, authoritarian governments and

dictatorships would never adopt these ideas, so people became angry. This anger brewed by

populations worldwide resulted in massive revolts. One of the most significant of which was the

American Revolution in the late 1700s. People were fed up with the unjust nature of their rulers

in power. According to: World History: Connections to Today: "Revolutionaries fought angrily

against the old unjust order" (pg.519). The Americans of course won, and incorporated the ideas

they fought for in the foundations of the new nation. They incorporated these ideas from the

industrial revoltuion to make many inventions

After the Americans won the revolution, the industrial revolution were introduced as the

documents the country must abide by. According to: World History: Connections to Today:

"Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of Independence, which clearly represents the ideas of

John Locke" (pg.461). The people took notice of these documents, read them and understood

their influential meaning. These documents are pro freedom and equal treatment for all, which

are the United States countries greatest values. Slowly, people began to understand these

documents true meaning and naturally began to inherit the same values these documents preach

for. This has allowed for a widespread adoption of the enlightenment intellectuals ideas

throughout all of the United States. This adoption is not just limited to those in official positions

either. People began to adopt these values into their daily lives as morals to live by, which

allowed the adoption of the ideas to go far beyond its intended purpose, resulting in a strong, free

society which is the United States

 Overall, The industrial revolutions have had an everlasting and eternal impact on the United

States. We've adopted their ideas in many inventions we see today. The inventions have paved

the way for modern society, The free society of the United States have also adopted the ideas

from the inventors. The impact of the values held by these thinkers have had an everlasting

impact on our society and government. Would we be as advaned today without the industrial

revolution?