How did Enlightenment ideas about liberty, natural rights, and human dignity apply to most of the world’s people in the eighteenth century? Enlightenment ideas were meant only for people of western Europe and North America. Enlightenment ideas did not apply to three-quarters of the world's people, who were in bondage. Very few people outside the United States thought about political ideas. Most people embraced Enlightenment ideas and demanded their rights.

Most civilizations require payment to government in form of a tax. a tax is a payment to the government for protection, celebrations, buildings, and many other things that benefit the people. the sixteen to eighteen million people in the aztec empire had to pay such taxes to their leader, montezuma. what payment might they have they been most unhappy with? a the required payment of corn to feed the emperor, his servants, and to feed the people at times of celebration and in times of need. b the required payment of silver to trade with other empires. c the required payment of their sons and daughters to be kept as slaves or sacrificed to the gods. d the required payment of gold to the emperor for fancy jewelry.