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John Locke is born
in England -
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Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford College
After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees -
Reads Discourse
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Anthony Ashley Cooper ʺLord Ashleyʺ
who is an important British politician meets and befriends Locke -
Locke who is now Lord Ashley's personal physician
supervises a liver operation that saves Lord Ashley's life and remarkably he lives another 15 years -
Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new British colonies in America -
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 -
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Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract,
he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular -
Locke flees to Holland
Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed -
England's Glorious Revolution;
Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England -
Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is published
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Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends
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Two Treatises of Civil Government
by John Locke is published -
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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
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Thomas Jefferson borrows from Locke's ideas
to write the Declaration of Independence
