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Thomas Hobbes
Seperating religon from polites,seprating knowlegde from faith (seperation of church&state) -
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John Locke
Natural rights,kings should be limited,freedom of religon,agreement between the gov and the people were a soical contract. -
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Braon de Montesquieu
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Revolution
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Voltaire
believed that religion was too powerful and defended individuals who suffered because of their beliefs. Was against any form of religion that was too strict,even though he believe in god. -
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Benjamin Franklin
believed in a government that had a single legislature.He did not believe the people in charge should be paid for their services. Like doing a lot of different things. -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
believed that individuals should have certain rights. ideas of individual freedom spread. felt that education needed to
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Adam Smith
believed that someone working to earn money benefited himself but also benefited society as a whole. -
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Cesare Beccaria
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Thomas Jefferson
believed that the majority of the people would make the right choices when given the chance. Didn't want a goverment that had too much power.he supported the people that
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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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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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Trarring and Feathering
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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
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The Boston Massacre
While being harssed by colonies Birtish tired on and killed 5 colonits. One of the 1st black men was killed. -
The Quebec Act
British ship chasing smugglers ran a ground that was set on fire by colonist. -
The Gaspee Incident
Customs ships contined the patrol the sea off the voast of America. They would regurlary stop merchant ships to examine their vargo looking for illegal goods,and enforcing British customs and taxation laws. The Gaspee was a British Royal Navy ships assigned customs duty. -
Committies of Correspondnce
Committies sent out info to colonies about current events involing Birtish treament of colonies. -
Tea Act
Didnt riase taxes and would have been cheaper tea for colonies but rov. leaders fought the British and just tired to buy peoples support. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a group of men that went onto the ship that full of tea. They dumped 342 boxes of into the bay. Many people think that the men made a lot of noise but teht made little of no noise when doing it. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting was called by Benjamin Franklin, but failed to gain much by much support ntil after the Port of Boston was closed in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Quatering Act- Made to supply to the troops with their own money. Boston Port Bill Close to port of boston until the damages of the tea party was clean-Administration of Justice Act- This bill stated that British Officials could not be tried in provincial courts for capital crimes-Massachusetts Government Act- This bill effectively annulled the charter of the colonies, giving the British Governor complete control of the town meetings-Quebec Act-May 20, 1774 wont let anyone past the Conn, Mass,Va -
The Paul Revere House
Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the key leaders of the patriot movement. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was presided over by John Hancock, who replaced the ailing Peyton Randolph, and included some of the same delegates as the first, but with such notable additions as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Joseph Galloway, the Pennsylvania conservative, was not in attendance. -
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American Revolution
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Thomas Paine Common Sense
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Declaration Of Independence
The most important resolution to emerge from John Hancock’s Presidency is the Declaration of Independence. Our editors have recommended concision on each of these chapters but this is unfathomable due to the Declaration of Independence. -
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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Simón Bolívar
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Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America (US)
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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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Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France
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Haiti Revolution
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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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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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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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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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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.
