What impact did the enlightenment thinker, Voltaire, make on the creation of democracy?

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anonymous · Answer

here this link should help? if not ill explain. http://www.class.uidaho.edu/engl_258/Lecture%20Notes/voltaire_and_candide.htm

anonymous · Answer

thankss. so  Voltaire didnt advocate democracy, but how did he impact it?

anonymous · Answer

He guaranteed freedom of thought and expression in US Bill of Rights, French Declaration, and European Monarchs reduce or eliminate censorship.

anonymous · Answer

as well as religious freedoms.

anonymous · Answer

thats so weird. You just typed this, and i JUST read this in my history book. THANKS THANKSSSSSSSSS

anonymous · Answer

lol im a genius like that(x your welcome!

anonymous · Answer

waitttt, how did this help SPREAD democracy?

anonymous · Answer

hmm well the age of enlightenment was when people were becoming more open to expressing their opinions and im sure that had something to do with it but hold on ill google(:

anonymous · Answer

ohhhhhhhh k(;

anonymous · Answer

well actually, i got it from here. Thankssss:D

anonymous · Answer

yeah basically from what im reading it goes off of what i said, during enlightenment people were challenging anything and everything that was wrong and thats how the democratic ideas were spread.