Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
Intellectual principles emphasizing reason, natural rights, and self-governance that influenced colonists' political thinking in British North America.
AP course connection
Topic 3.4: 3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution