In a well-rounded paragraph, analyze the impact that the age of enlightenment had on future generation of french citizens.

The Age of Enlightenment, was a philosophical movement in the 17th and 18th century.

They highly valued intelligence and culture, over the "darkness" of the Middle Ages. It was a period of advancement in all areas, of curiosity and development through new discoveries, including technological, cultural and ideological.

This new line of thinking influenced French people who changed their view of society and of themselves, as it definitely influenced them into the events of the French Revolution.

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.

it was the first amendment