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John Locke's "Two Treatsies of Government".
John Lock publishes the "Two Treatsies of Government". One of the ideas that he expressed in this are, "Governments should not raise the taxes without the consent of the people." -
"No Taxation Without Representation!"
Colonists said that, because they did not elect representatives to parliament, parlaiment could not tax them. The government in London responded that parlaiment represented all of the people in Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
An angry croud began throwing things at the British Soldiers. The soldiers opend fire and killed five people. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguised as indians destroyed hundreds of crates that were full of tea on a ship in the Boston Harbor. -
Attack on Fort William and Mary
Colonists attacked the British arsenal at Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth after being warned of a plan to station troops there. -
French Inflluences
People were saying that the notion that a king should rule with unlimited pwoer was unreasonable. -
Bad Harvests
France suffered very bad harvests that led to the price of food rising. The king and his court lived in luxery while laborors would have to spend half of their daily wages in order to eat. -
The Three Estates
French society was divided intoo three classes. The third estate, made up of mostly peasents/ servants paid all of the taxes while the first and second estate paid none. -
National Assembly
Deputies (representatives of each estate) of the third estate gave themselves a new name - The National Assembly. They tried to meet at a hall, but when they got there they found the doors had been locked. They moved to an indoor tennis court where they voted never to disband until a new constitution was made for the French Government. -
The Storming of the Bastille
People were saying that the kings men would come, anyday, and slit the people's throats. Thousands of Parisians swarmed the Bastille, an armory, in order to arm themselves.
