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Dec 7, 1189
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Tarring and Feathering was a punishment that went back to the Middle Ages with Richard the Lionhearted and the Crusades. -
Thomas hobbes
first modern western thinkers -
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Thomas Hobbes
he was a modern western thinker -
John Locke
he disagreed about human nature -
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John Locke
he felt all people where selfish -
Baron de monsqiue
agreed with role of government -
letter on toleration
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Baron de Montesquieu
he believed the governement should be broken up into different sections and that each should have some power to control the others -
English Bill of Rights
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two treaties of government
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Voltaire
he fought against intolerance -
benjamin franklin
had a single legislature -
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Benjamin Franklin
believed in a single government with an advisory board -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
he believed certain individuals should have certain rights -
persian letters
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adam smith
smith was a philosopher who focused on the role of economics. -
cesare beccaria
people who where accused of crime should have rights -
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cesare beccaria
believed if you where accused of a crime you should have rights -
thomas jefferson
majority people would make right decision when given the chance -
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Thomas Jefferson
believed majority of people would make right choices if they where given the chance -
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the american philosophes
john adams, ben franklin, thomas jefferson -
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
formed ideas about free mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners -
on the spirit of laws
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candide
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Mary Wollstonecraft
first women to recognize inequalities between men and women -
American colonists revived the punishment
Patriots used it against British officials and loyalists in the American colonies. -
Seven Years war peace treaty between Great Britain and France
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The first formal committee of correspondence was established in Boston
was charged with rallying opposition to the recently enacted Currency Act and the unpopular reforms imposed on the customs service. -
Stamp Act passed by Parliament
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STAMP ACT
it was common to threaten or attack British government employees in the colonies. No stamp commissioner or tax collector was actually tarred and feathered but by November 1, 1765, the day the Stamp Act tax went into effect, there were no stamp commissioners left in the colonies to collect it. -
Repeal Of Stamp Act
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Captain William Smith
ame under suspicion as an informer of American smuggling activities. -
TownSend Act new revenue taxes on North American Colonists
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British troops arrived in Boston
and from then onwards there was continuous antagonism between the people of Boston and the those trying to enforce the King's rule. The newspapers printed accounts of the 'atrocities' committed by the occupiers. British officers made every effort to prevent trouble. -
Riots in Boston met with violence by British Troops
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BOSTON MASSACRE
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars -
the Gaspee
was chasing a merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods -
at the urging of chief propagandist Samuel Adams
a committee was formed to protest the recent decision to have the Crown, not the colonial assembly, pay the salaries of the royal governor and judges. Adams and his fellow correspondents rallied their neighbors to oppose this measure that had cost the colony its means of controlling public officials. In the following months, more than 100 other committees were formed in the towns and villages of Massachusetts. -
Boston Tea Party
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a correspondence committee
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The Tea Act
would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes -
First Continental Congress
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common sense
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Declaration of Independence
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American and French sign two treaties in Paris a treaty of amity and commerce and a treaty of alliance
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Simon Bolivar
he emphasized the importance of reason, science, and respecting humanity. -
Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America
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Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France 1789
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National Consitutent assembly and French Decleration of the Rights of man
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the rights of man
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beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave rebellion in st.dominique
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us bill of rights was ratified by states
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French National assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of saint dominique
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French declares war on austria
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French Declares war on Great Britain
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all slaves on st.dominique emancipated by the french reavolutionary authorities
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Toussiant leads troops against the british
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french colonial forces defeated by toussiant
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touissant negotiates peace with the british
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war ends between great britain and france
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constitution for hati
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general lecerel sent by napoleon to sub due colony
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new declaration of war
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french withdraw the troops
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napoleon crowns himself emperor of france
