First, how do you stop "the enlightenment" from happening? By the late 1600's all sorts of trends in science, philosophy, theology, and geography were setting the stage. I suspect a PoD that would have stopped the enlightenment from occurring would have to be pretty far back.
That said, There were plenty of purely economic and political reasons for a revolution (or more properly a rebellion) in the American colonies that had nothing to do with the "rights of man". Probably the same could be said of the French Revolution. As noted by othe posters, people have revolted against unpopular rulers and distant oppressors for about as long as written history.