How did the ideas of the enlightenment influence the development of the american nation?

The enlightenment ideas were mostly about education and democratic ideologies. Philosophers like Locke and Hobbes and Rousseau influenced the founding fathers to create a democratic state where the sovereignty lied with people. Education was also important which is why the US have always had a tradition of having colleges and universities that are even older than the United States themselves.

Ain the free market economic system the government is hands off from all supply and demand rates