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Thomas Hobbes
-seperating religion from politics.
-seperating knowledge from faith.
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John Locke
-born good, natural rights.
-King's powers should be limited.
-agreement of government and people was a social contract.
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Baron de Montesquieu
-the government should be broken into different sections and each should have some power to control the others. -
English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
-all things muct be explained reasonable and logically.
-freedom of thought and respect for all individuals.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
-one house
-didn't think people in charge should be paid.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-believed individuals should have certain rights
-what the majority of the people wanted, should become law. -
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Adam Smith
-individual freedom.
-free enterprise. -
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Cesare Beccaria
-he wanted to mane sure that criminals had some rights.
-torture was wrong.
-education would reduce crime rate. -
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Thomas Jefferson
-didn't want a government that had to much power.
-everyone should be allowed to have an education. -
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Mary Wollstonecraft
-fought for the rights of women.
-fought for equal treatment for all human beings.
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Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Quartering Act
Required that Colonial Authorities provide large buildings with furniture and supplies to British troops. -
Tar and Feathering
Colonist used this method to scare loyalist and british; usually not fatal just used to scare and humiliate. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
Five colonist killed by the british troops. -
The Gaspee Incident
It was a British Royal ship that would consistantly stop merchant ships to observe their cargo, searching for illegal goods. -
The Tes Act
Created to help the East India Company because they were in so much debt of millions of pounds of unsold tes. -
Boston Tea Party
There were 50 men dressed as Mohawk Indians, that carefully took the cargo and opened all342 of them, in order to dumb them directly into the harbor. -
Administration of Justice Act
This gave the British free reign to do whatever they wished, because no justice would be served while they were still in the colonies. -
Massachusetts Government Act
This stated that the British Governor had complete control of the town meetings, and also control out of the hands of the colonialists. -
Quebec Act
This bill was created in order to extend the Canadian borders to cut off The western colonies of Conneticut, Massachusetts and Virginia. -
Boston Port Bill
Created to closed the port to all colonist, until the Boston Tea Party damages were paid for. -
First Continental Congress
They were mostly people of social standing and made their livings from trade, farming and the law. -
The British Are Coming....
Paul Revere was a messenger who was sent to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British troops were on their way to arrest them. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British General sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammo the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. -
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American Revolution
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Thomas Paine: Comon Sense.
Thomas Paine argues for American independence. His argument begins with more general reflections about government and religion. Lastly, he moved onto the specifics of the colonial situation. -
Declaration of Independence
The Thirteen American Colonies were now independent states and no longer part of the British Empire. -
American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance.
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Simón Bolívar
-political power should be derived from branches.
-people shouldn't vote unless educated. -
Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America
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Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France 1789 Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris
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National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue
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U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states
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French Revolution
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Haiti Revolution
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French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue
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France declares war on Austria
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France declares war on Great Britain
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All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British
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Toussaint leads troops against the British
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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Toussaint negotiates peace with the British
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Toussaint negotiates peace with the British
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War ends between Great Britain and France
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Constitution for Haiti
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General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery
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New declaration of war between Great Britain and France
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti
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British end the slave trade
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Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies
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French expelled from Spain.
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Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone
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French abolish slave trade
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U.S. President Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine
