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- Believed government should be based on facts
- Believed that religion should be seperated from politics -Seperation of church and state
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- Believed in that all people we born good and were given natural rights by God -Social contract (government + people)
- Freedom of religion
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- Seperation of power
- Government should be broken into different branches, to keep one person from taking total control (legislature-make laws, judical - intrepet laws, executive-inforce laws)
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- no intolerance, no tryanny, no supersition
- believed in freedom of thought and respect for everyone -against any form of religion that was to strict and didn't accept the views of others
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- single legislature
- advisory board they would also work for the government and not be paid
- slavery should be abolished
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- against absolute power
- he believecs in individualism
- people should have power of say in government (majority rule)
- laws should be strictly enforced
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- free enterprise
- sef interest guides on efficent use of resources
- someone working for money also benifited society
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- Constitiutional protection -didn't believe in cruel and unusal punishemnts
- fair and speedy trials
- same crime = same punishments
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-education for all
-individualism for peoples rights
-majority of people make good choices
- government shouldn't have to much power -
-deas of freeing mexico
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- Fought for womens
- forught against inequalities in education
- equal treatmen of all humans
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Quartering Act - House and funrish troops
Boston Port Bill - Closed Boston's port
Justic Act - British Officials couldn't be tried in provincial courts for capital crimes.
Government act - governer gained complete control
Quebec act - Exteneded canadian border and cut of Conn. mass. and Va. -
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The specific date was for the tarring of Captain William Smith. Tarring and feathering was orginally a medievil punishment but is was revived by the Patriots. They used this to torture the Loyalists and British Officials.
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Five colonists were killed by British Officials.
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Special Commitees were formed by colonits and not as powerful forms of Government. The commitees had to take what England said and put it in written form.
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The Gaspee was a British Ship that was chasing a ship suspected of smuggling when it ran aground in Narragansett Bay. The ship was burned and the lieutenant wounded.
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Tea was taken to the colonies with out there consent and it was taxed. It was ment to just to sell the unsold tea, but colonists took it as another way to tax.
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Sons of liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor, following the Tea Act.
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extended canadian borders so the Mass. Conn. and Va were excluded from the colonies.
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Met in Philadeplhisa's Carpender hall, the meeting was set up by Benjamin Franklin. There wre 55 delegates, from all different colonies. They eventually had to come together to mak important decisions.
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Paul Revere and William Dawes made the famous midnight ride that warned the minutemen that the British were coming to attack, allowing them to arm themselves and be ready.
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First shots fired at lexington, and 700 British soldiers were sent to destory ammunition and gun powerd at Concord
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Olive branch petition - as a last resort petition to try to convice the king that they wanted peace once again.
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it was a pamplet that was written by Thomas Paine. It was written to express the feelings of the common people and how they should have a say in the government decisions as well as the wealthy and powerful.
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A document that was stating the rights of the Colonists. Very important
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- strong central governmet
- if power wasn't divided on ebranch would become to powerful
- can't vote till educated
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