Bringing the Constitution to Life
How did Voltaire help shape religious freedom in America? Explore how his Enlightenment defense of tolerance, freedom of conscience, and limits on church power influenced the First Amendment and the American commitment to religious liberty.
How did social contract theory ignite the American Revolution? Discover how Enlightenment ideas about consent, natural rights, and the right of revolution gave colonists the philosophical foundation to challenge British rule and build a new nation grounded in liberty.
How did Enlightenment philosophy shape the freedoms Americans cherish today? Discover how natural rights, religious toleration, free expression, and the rule of law influenced the creation of the Bill of Rights and continue to define liberty in the United States.
How did John Locke’s ideas shape America’s bold break from Britain? Explore how natural rights, consent of the governed, limited government, and the right of revolution became the philosophical backbone of the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of American democracy.
How did Enlightenment philosophy shape the vision of America’s Founding Fathers? Discover how natural rights, social contract theory, separation of powers, and the rule of law became the intellectual foundation of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and modern American democracy.
How did bold Enlightenment ideas transform into the framework of American government? Explore how natural rights, separation of powers, social contract theory, and the rule of law directly shaped the U.S. Constitution and continue to influence modern democracy.
