Which events were influenced by enlightenment thinkers?

Which events were influenced by enlightenment thinkers?

Which events were influenced by enlightenment thinkers?
The growth of democracy and the French Revolution were influenced by Enlightenment social contract theory; the growth of scientific method was strongly influenced by Enlightenment faith in reason, as was the anti-religious movement of the nineteenth century. Even emperors such as Catherine the Great and Maria Theresa were affected by the Enlightenment insistence on rational government.
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