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The Age of Enlightenment was a cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe and the American colonies. Its purpose was to reform society using reason (rather than tradition, faith and revelation) and advance knowledge through science. It promoted science and intellectual interchange and opposed superstition, intolerance and some abuses by church and state.
Commerce of Thought. The Age of American Enlightenment can be roughly dated as the half-century from 1765 to 1815.(Cassara, 25) Many key events happened and many key individuals existed before these years but the central events of the American Enlightenment occurred within these dates.