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Lock is born in 1632
Jonn locke is born in England -
Locke read Rene descartes
Discours on the method and likes what he reads -
Anthony Ashely Cooper
An important British plitician meets and befriends Locke -
Locke whois now lord
lord ashleys personal physician supervises a liver operation that saves lord ashleys life and remarkably he lives another 15 years -
Lord Asheleys involvment
Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new British colonies in America Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina -
Locke writes first draft
Locke writes his first draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in it are ideas on Natural Law; based partially on the writings of others -
Social contract
Locke writes social contract -
ideas about revolution
Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed -
englans glorious revolutin
England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England -
John Locke is published
Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is published -
Lockemeets sir Isac Newton
Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends -
Two treaties
Two treaties of civil goverment by John Locke is published -
Locke is appointed
Locke is appointed to the British Board of Trade and even though his health is failing he is its most influential member -
john Locke dies
Jon locke dies -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson borrows from Locke's ideas to write the Declaration of Independence