John Locke - Kaylee c

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
11/03/1632	John locke was born
11/04/1665	Locke Reads	Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote "I think, therefore I am"
11/04/1666	Ashley Cooper Meets Locks	Anthony Ashley Cooper "Lord Ashley" who is an important British politician meets and befriends Locke
11/04/1668	Locke Saves Ashley	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
11/04/1670	Locke is asked to write	Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new British colonies in America Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
11/04/1671	John writes hit 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 1671
11/04/1683	Kill the King!	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
11/04/1688	Locke is welcomed	England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
11/04/1689	Essay is published	Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is published
11/04/1689	Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton	Locke meets Sit Isaac Newton and they become friends
11/04/1690	Treaises of Civil Government	Two Treatises of Civil Government by John Locke is published
11/03/1704	John Locke dies
11/03/1776	Borrows Idea	Thomas jefferson borrows idea from John to help write thr Declaration of Independince
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
11/04/1652 to 11/04/1654	Locke ecause a porfessor	After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford Collage
11/04/1679 to 11/04/1680	Locke writes	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
11/04/1696 to 11/04/1700	Appointed to the British	Locke is appointed to the British Board of Trade and even though his health is failing he is its most influential member