The Age of Enlightenment shown increased reliance upon scientific methodology and logic like mechanisms for ascertaining fact, and a growing belief which hierarchical authority lacks a monopoly upon purpose and wisdom. That school of thought set the stage for these documents like the: (w) announcement of Independence and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. (x) Treaty of Versailles and Treaty of Paris. (y) Monroe Doctrine and Treaty of Ghent. (z) Magna Carta and St Augustine’s City of God.