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Chapter 16 (Part 2)

Enlightenment thinkers increasingly thought of slavery as something that violated a human
being’s natural rights. It was also unfavorable in the eyes of the religious values and economic values. These ideas "echoed" throughout countries following the Atlantic Revolutions. They reflected ideas of republicanism, greater social equality, and national liberation from foreign rule. Three major key ideas were: abolitionism, nationalism, and feminism. The Enlightenment emphasis on morals and human rights and its lack of economic progress drove the abolition movement most powerfully in Britain and resonated in other countries (echoed.) Nationalism was extremely important to civilizations. Feminism started widely in Europe and North America and with that being said, women found more opportunities in education and professions.

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