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The founding fathers of the USA - James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and more - were quintessential disciples of the European Enlightenment. Their intent was to embed Enlightenment values into the government and culture of the New World. America would be a republic of laws. Its constitution would ensure governance of the people, by the people, for the people. Through checked and balanced branches of government, it would expunge the possibility of monarchical discretionary power and inaugurate proper democracy. It would celebrate all liberties, from freedom of speech to freedom of worship. Their belief in science "for…
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