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In the late 1700s, Revolutionary movements in the Caribbean lead to the only successful slave revolt in history. Slaves overtook the settlers and established the independent Republic of Haiti. The movements were inspired by the Enlightenment ideals. Isaac Newton’s vision of the universe suggested that human behavior being institutionalized could lead to insights about human as well as the natural world. European and Euro-American philosophers began discovering natural laws that governed human society just as Newton’s laws would regulate the universe. Many philosophers went about Newton’s vision in different ways. Some sought natural laws of politics and others sought laws of economics. These works was a movement known as the Enlightenment. One philosopher “Francois-Marie Arouet” campaigned individual freedom more than others and attacked any institution sponsoring intolerant or oppressive policies.
As white settlers stood at the top of society, most slaves toiled in the......

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