Revolution By jmeatte Period: Jan 12, 1588 to Jan 12, 1679 Thomas Hobbes Period: Jan 12, 1632 to Jan 12, 1704 John Locke Period: Jan 12, 1689 to Jan 12, 1755 Baron de Montesquieu Nov 19, 1689 English bill of rights Period: Jan 12, 1694 to Jan 12, 1778 Voltaire Period: Jan 12, 1706 to Jan 12, 1790 Benjamin Franklin Period: Jan 12, 1712 to Jan 12, 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Period: Jan 12, 1723 to Jan 12, 1790 Adam Smith Period: Jan 12, 1738 to Jan 12, 1794 Cesare Beccaria Period: Jan 12, 1743 to Jan 12, 1826 Thomas Jefferson Period: Jan 12, 1753 to Jan 12, 1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Period: Jan 12, 1759 to Jan 12, 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Nov 19, 1763 Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France Nov 19, 1765 Stamp Act passed by British Parliament Nov 19, 1766 Repeal of Stamp Act Nov 19, 1767 Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists Nov 19, 1770 Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops Nov 19, 1773 Boston Tea Party Nov 19, 1774 First Continental Congress Period: Nov 18, 1775 to Nov 18, 1783 American Revolution Nov 19, 1776 Declaration of Independence Nov 19, 1778 American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance. Period: Jan 12, 1783 to Jan 12, 1830 Simón Bolívar Nov 19, 1789 Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America Nov 19, 1789 Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France Nov 19, 1789 Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France
