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Thomas Hobbes
He believed gov should be based on facts. He believed that religion should be seperated from politics. -
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John Locke
Believed that all people were born good and were given natural rights by God. Social contact. Freedom of religion. -
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Baron de Montesquieu
Goverment should be broken into different branches, to keep one person from taking total control. -
English Bill of Rights
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Voltarie
NNo tyranny, no supersition. believed in fredom of thought and repect for everyone. Againist any form of religion that uses too stict and don't accept the vient of others. -
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Benjamin Frankin
Single legistature. Advisory board they would alsowork for the govement not be paid. Slavery should be abolished. -
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Jean-Jacques
Againist absolve power. He believes in individualism. People should have power or say in goverment. -
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Cesare Beccaria
He didn't believe in cruel and unsual punishments. Fair and speedy trails. Same crime=same punishment. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Education for all. Individalim people rights. Majority people make good choices. Gov. shouldn't have to make power. -
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Father Hidalgo
Ideas of freeing Mexico. Wuestioned polices and has his own church. -
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Fought for human rights. Fought againist inequalitig in edveation. Equal treatment of all humans. -
Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Tarring and Feathering
It was a curel punishment that the Patroits used on the British and loyalists. The patroits would pour tar on the bare skin and put feathers on them. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American Colonists
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The Boston Massacre
Five colonist were killed by the British soliders. It grew more of a tension between the Britisn and colonist. -
Riots in Boston met with violence by British Troops
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The Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee was Brisih Royal Navy ship. One night a group of men sneaked into the ship and wounded the lieutenant and set the ship on fire. -
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Committees of Correspondence
It was formed by yhe colonial assemblies and various lesser arms of local government.it was mostly addressed to small problems. -
Tea Act
The act was for no new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Library, lead by Sam Adams dressed up as Indians and got on a ship and pour all the tea into the Habor. -
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The Intolerable Acts
After the French and Indian War the Bristish taxed the colonists greater texes without any representation in Britain. There were five different acts. -
First Continental Congress
12 out of 13 colonies sent people to the meeting. Georgia was too scared to go because the Britisih were attacking them. There were 55 people altogether and they were talking about how they thought the British were treating them with rights and wrongs. -
The Quebec Act
It gave greater rights for the French in Canada, which came under the rule of the British in 1763. -
"The British Are Coming"
Paul Revere was a messager for Dr. Joseph Warren to go to Lexington, Massachuestts and warn Sam Adams and John Hancok that the British were coming to take them. It was the famous "The British Are Coming!" -
The Shot Heard Around The World
In Lexington the first shots of the war started. No one knows who did the first shot. The battle started when the Birtish came to take Sam and John. -
The Second Continental Congress
This time all the colonies sent people to the meeting. They talked about the army they needed, what positions they wanted, how much the war would cost them, their independence, opening of Diplomatic Channels, and legislation. -
American Revolution
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American Revolution
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Common Sense
Thomas Pine was a "common man" who wrote a best-seller called Common Sense. He talked about how the war was all King George III fault. -
Declaration of Independence
12 out of the 13 coloneis declared their independence and freedom from the British. 55 people signed the paper and sent it to the British. -
American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris
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Adam Smith
Free enterpised. Self intrst guides on efficentuse of resources. Someone works for money also. Believed in society. -
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Simon Bolivar
Strong centroal goverment. If power wasn't divided one would become powerfil. Cna't vote till educated on politics. -
Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America
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Estates FGeneral convened for the first time in 174 years in France 1789
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National Consituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris
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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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France declares war on Austria
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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 Great Britain
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All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French reolutionary authorities
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Toussaint leads troops against the British
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French colonial forces degeated by Toussaint
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French colonial forces degeated by Toissaint
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Toussaint negotiates peave with the British
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Toussaint begotiates 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 Napoleaon to subdue colony and re-insitrute slavery
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New declaration of war vetween Great Britain and France
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence
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Napoleon crowns himself emperopr 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 educed 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
