How did the Enlightment influence the development of the American revolution

The enlightment helped to create the first constitution.

Explanation:

The ideals that came from this time period of liberty and equality helped shape our very first constitution. It also helped shape democracy as a whole and reformed the old government.

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.

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