1 point How did the writings of Enlightenment-era thinkers like Locke and
Montesquieu influence the American Revolution? *
These writings discouraged new exploration in the Americas
These writings challenged traditional social, religious, and political values
These writings resulted in the English king signing the Magna Carta
These writings encouraged the French and English to fight the French and Indian War

These writings challenged traditional social, religious, and political values. Ideas such as individual liberty and the separation of powers are central to the United States government.

Explanation:

no statements but ok.

the statement that best describes the idea of manifest destiny that was used in the 19th century would be that "it was fate that the united states would continue to  expand westward," since people thought the us was "destined" to do so. 

a drastic rise in oil prices ended decades of postwar.