Answer:
The two ways that the spread of Enlightenment thought contributed to the French Revolution were:
Option 2: Enlightenment thinkers ideas influenced prominent revolutionaries to act
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Option 3: Enlightenment thoughts introduced people to other forms of government such as popular sovereignty.
Explanation:
Enlightenment thinkers like Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jaques Rosseau, and John Locke inspired many of the would-be revolutionaries in Europe with their ideas about society and the nature of power and political will. For example, the French Revolutionary leaders repudiated the society of the ancien regime and fought for systemic change and their rights in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and attempted to create a new social and political order that was different from the monarchical systems of the past.
Other forms of government were conceptualized as a result of Enlightenment thinking. The United States government and how the former colonies broke from colonial rule is another example. John Locke is one of the Enlightenment thinkers who helped to redefine the notion of government. For Locke, in a legitimate government, the leader is given authority with the consent of the people. It a ruler gains authority through the consent of the governed. It is the duty of authorities to respect the natural rights of the people, and these ideas greatly influenced statemen like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin who were all part of the independence of the United States. These ideas also influenced French thinkers like Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, Maximilien Robespierre, and the Jacobins.
