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Thomas Hobbes
natural right. king should be limited power freedom of religion -
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John Locke
natural rights
freedom of religion -
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Baron de Montesquieu
should be broken into different sections and that each should have some power to contril the other -
English Bill of Rights
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Cesare Beccaria
he want to make sure that crimianls have some right -
Tarring and Feathering
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Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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Stamp Act
No stamp commissioner or tax collector -
Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars -
Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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Boston Tea Party
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tea act
Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen -
The Shot Heard ’Round the World!
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First Continental Congress
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Committees of Correspondence
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The Second Continental Congress
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First Continental Congress
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The Quebec Act
a new governor and council were to be appointed to govern affairs in Quebec -
The British Are Coming . . .
two guys running from the british -
Gaspee
merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods -
Thomas Paine: Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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Declaration of Independence
The most important resolution to emerge from John Hancock’s Presidency is the Declaration of Independence. Our editors have recommended concision on each of these chapters but this is unfathomable due to the Declaration of Independence.
