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How did the ideas of the enlightened influence colonist in america like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

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It was because much of the Declaration of Independence which was drafted by Jefferson.

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Well it helped Frankie discover the power of electricity and Jefferson was enlightened by the idea of liberty and equal rights

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