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Colonial and Enlightenment Period

Introduction

During late seventeenth century, colonial history of US deals with the account of European settlements from the launch of colonization of America, until their integration into US. It has been discovered that in late sixteen century, Netherlands, Spain, France and England established major colonization programs in eastern North America. On other hand, the Enlightenment period was a civilizing movement of intellectuals in eighteen century, particularly in Europe and than in the colonies of America. The aim of the enlightenment was to reform the society through progressive knowledge of science. It promoted intellectual interchange ...