What were some of the difficulties and aspirations that troubled young Hegel and the romantics of his generation towards the end of the 18th century?

The Enlightenment had put reason in the place of supreme authority, but by the end of the 18th century, this movement was subject to systematic and radical criticism.
The crisis of the Enlightenment was the result of the unrestricted application of the principle of the sovereignty of reason.
The historicism, emerged at the end of the 18th century, posed a new challenge for enlightened reason.
The French Revolution posed a problem for the Enlightenment thought.