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Thomas Hobbes
- seperating religion from politics.
- seperating knowledge from faith.
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John Locke
- natural rights
- king shouldbe limited
- freedom of religion
- agreement between the government and the people.
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Baron de Montesquieu
- Thegovernment shouldbe broken into different sections and each should have somepower to control the others.
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English Bill of rights
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Voltaire
- All things must be exo. reasonably and logically
- he believed in freedom of thought and respect for all individuals
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Benjamin Franklin
- 1 house
- didn't think the people in charged should not be paid.
- slavery was wrong
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Jean-Jacques rousseau
- Indiciduals rights
- support french revolution
- majority rules
- against absolute power and control of government by church.
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Adam Smith
- focuses on econmics
- was the first philosoper to focuses on economics within the society.
- "free enterprise"
- Charity was a virtouous act.
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Cesare Beccaria
- The way he thought led to changes in European and American criminal laws.
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Thomas Jefferson
- Didn't want the government to have to much power.
- everyone should be allowed and edu.
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Father Hidalgo
- formed ideas about freeing mexicofrom harsh ruling
- wentnorthgot cought then shot.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
- fought for the rights of woman
- fought for equal treatment of all human beings.
- wives were equal not property
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Tar and feathering
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Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Boston massacre
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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The Gaspee Incident
The gaspee was a British navy ship. It was following a ship that they thought was hidding goods. One night a group of men boarded the ship and hurt the lieutenant and set the ship on fire. The British never found out who the men were. -
Committees of Correspondence
Was formed my colonial assemblies and parts of local goverments. They wrote about specific problems going on and sent them out for the other colonies and the King to know. This lasted for 2 years. -
Tea Act
The tea act was the final act to set off the Revolution. The act was to show the colonies didn't want new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress took place in the Philadelphia's Carpenter Hall. Benjamin Franklin didn't get the support he needed until after the Port of Boston was closed. Only 12 out of 13 colonies send people to the meeting. Georgia still needed the Prodection of the British they were facing attacks from restive creek. -
The Intolerable Act
- Quartering Act : They had to give British soldiers their house to stay in and supplies.- Boston port Bill : The ports were closed to the colonies because of the Boston Tea party. The British wanted them to pay for all the tea. - Administration of Justice Act : This allowed British officals to do whatever they wanted in the Colonies because there was no justice that could be focred on there while they were there. -Massachusetts Government Act: This gave British Governor control of town meeting
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The Quebec Act
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The British are coming...
Paul Revere was sent to warn that the British were coming to arrest them. -
Lexington and Concord
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The second Continental Congress
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Thomas Paine: Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance.
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Simon Bolivar
- importance of science, and respecting humanity.
- astrong central government
- didn't want people to have all power.
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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
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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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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.
