Personally I think the Age of Enlightenment was better. First, some philosophers preferred monarchs. Though without the ideas of the Enlightenment, would the founding fathers of America, created the type of country that they did? Would they have even started a revolution the way they did to begin with? Many ideas from the Enlightenment are found in the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Then think about all of the ways the United States has shaped the world.

Romanticism was great and in a way, brought back the ideas of the Renaissance, but I feel that without the Enlightenment I feel America would be different today. Not to mention the many monarchs affected by the Enlightenment ideas, that then shaped Europe. I feel the Enlightenment had a greater impact in its time, and prefer it over romanticism.