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The American [[Founding Fathers]] read their work closely and adopted many of their ideas. Montesquieu in particular influenced American [[republicanism]]. In turn philosophes followed American events, often with the personal encouragement of [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]]; most greatly admired the [[American Revolution]]

The American [[Founding Fathers]] read their work closely and adopted many of their ideas. Montesquieu in particular influenced American [[republicanism]]. In turn philosophes followed American events, often with the personal encouragement of [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]]; most greatly admired the [[American Revolution]]

==French Revolution==

==French Revolution==

The philosophes had a great influence on the [[French Revolution]]. The doctrines of natural law which they helped to popularize, were codified in the French [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]] (1789) and in the American [[Bill of Rights]] (1791). By the time the French Revolution turned radical, the philosophes had lost their influence.  Some were executed or died in prison, including Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754 – 1793), [[Condorcet]], [[Olympe de Gouges]], and [[Antoine Lavoisier]]. It is to be noted that their turning radical also had to do in large part to the philosophes' atheism or support of atheism and demonization of Christianity (Timothy Dwight implied that Voltaire and Denis Diderot's six-step plan to discredit and destroy Christianity, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau likewise with his state of nature arguments ensured people went radical).

The philosophes had a great influence on the [[French Revolution]]. The doctrines of natural law which they helped to popularize, were codified in the French [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]] (1789) and in the American [[Bill of Rights]] (1791). By the time the French Revolution turned radical, the philosophes had lost their influence.  Some were executed or died in prison, including Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754 – 1793), [[Condorcet]], [[Olympe de Gouges]], and [[Antoine Lavoisier]]. It is to be noted that their turning radical also had to do in large part to the philosophes' atheism or support of atheism and demonization of Christianity (Timothy Dwight implied that Voltaire and Denis Diderot's six-step plan to discredit and destroy Christianity led to the anti-Christian persecutions during the Revolution and Reign of Terror, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau likewise with his state of nature arguments ensured people went radical).

 

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Enlightenment]]

* [[Enlightenment]]