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Enlightenment Era in America

Lectures in History

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The Separation of Church and State

The state government is built not upon the divine right of kings, in other words, god. Government is based on what alexis said at the beginning of class? Freedenlin, your own individual rights. Liberalism, natural rights. Maybe your rights come from god, but ultimately, you build your society not upon theology or the teachings of the church. You don't have a state church, right? You have a a society built on enlightenment principles, john locke's natural rights.

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