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How Did Greatly Impact Both The Enlightenment And The French Revolution

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I agree with you Christina. Mechanical printing and reading did greatly impact both the Enlightenment and the French Revolution in a major way. Its availability allowed for a wide spread of knowledge to be acquired by poor people or peasants. It also allowed for people to express their opinions against the unfair government. With this excess to more information, the people, specifically the poor people, became more literate and educated. Along with becoming more educated and literate, the people were also becoming more independent. With easy access to books, more people were able to read books in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. Reading these books, and especially illegal books, allowed people to become more individualized and become
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