jean-jacques rousseau and charles louis montesquieu. they opposed the superstition of catholicism and absolutism after the release of the first volumes, some were imprisoned, but the encyclopedists continued to work, by the way, catherine ii helped them when diderot found himself without funds. she bought it library and left generously to the owner. paying him as a librarian for a 35-volume encyclopedia completed in 1780 is considered to have set the stage for the french revolution in fact. he wrote the goals of the encyclopedia, to collect knowledge scattered around the world and pass it on to those who come after us so that the work of previous centuries does not become useless for centuries to come and that our descendants, enriched with knowledge, become kinder and happier july 1 , 1867 canada appeared on the world map on that day the british north act came into force. america it was adopted by the british parliament and became the first constitution of the new state. it arose as a federation including the provinces. ontario quebec