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French and English Enlightenment
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Social Contract
Social contract theory is saying that the only right people give up in order to enter into civil society and its benefits is the right to punish other people for violating rights. -
George Washington
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Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of people from the Thirteen Colonies in America. This is America's first real attempt at representative self-governance, -
Lexington & Concord
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Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. Bunker Hill was in Charlestown, Massachusetts. -
Olive Branch Petition
This was the final attempted to prohibit war between Great Britain and the 13 colonies in America. This was written to the king from congress pleading for their rights to be saved and to have peace. -
Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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Natural Rights