Revolution

Revolutions

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    Thomas Hobbes

    Religion should be seperate from polotics. Government based on reason. Gain lasting (seperation of church and state.)
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    John Locke

    Natural rights (life, liberty, & property). Kings Power should be limited. Social contract. Freedom of religion.
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    Baron de Montesquieu

    Believed in limited king (ruler) power. Seperation of powers check and balance 3-branches (limited power so president isn't a tyrant.)
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

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    Voltaire

    Freedom. Logic and reason. Respect for individuals.
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Single legislation with advisory bored. People in charge shouldn't be paid. Slavery in morally wrong. Simple lifestyle guided be common sense and reason.
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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Against absolute power/control of government. Government should do what majority of people wanted. Democrocy. Enlightenment. Individual Rights.
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    Adam Smith

    Work benefits you and economy. Don't depend on charity. Self intrest guides efficient use of resources.
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    Cesare Beccaria

    People who were accused of a crime should have rights. Fair and speedy trial. Torture was wrong. Same crime = same punishment.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Individual rights protected by government. People involved in making desicions for country. Everyone gets education. No government with to much power.
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    Father Miguel Hidalgo

    Believed in indenpendence.
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    Mary Wollstonecraft

    Fight for womens rights. Equal treatment of all human beings. Education for men AND women. Wives = are NOT property.

  • Tar and Feathering

  • Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Britain and France

    Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Britain and France

  • Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

    Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

  • The Intolerable or Coercive Acts

    Quartering Act: March 24, 1765 - forced to house British soldiers.
    Boston Port Bill: Effective June 1, 1774 - colsed the port of Boston until they could pay for the damages of the Boston Tea Party.
    Administration of Justice Act: Effective May 20, 1774 - Protected British Officials from the law.
    Massachusetts Government Act: Effective May 20, 1774 -Controlled towns with British Gorveners.
    Quebec Act: Established May 20, 1774 - Cut off Canadian Boreders to Northern colonist.
  • Repeal of Stamp Act

    Repeal of Stamp Act

  • Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North America colonists

    Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North America colonists

  • Boston Massacre

    Five American colonist were killed by British regulars.
  • Roit in Boston met with violence by British Troops

    Roit in Boston met with violence by British Troops

  • The Gaspee Incident

    The Gaspee was chasing a chip believed to be summgling goods when they crashed into Narragansett Bay, near Providence.

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Boston Tea Party

    American colonest dressed up as Native Americans and threw Englands supply of tea into the Harbor.
  • Fisrt Continental Congress

    Fisrt Continental Congress

  • Quebec Act

    Give more rights to the French inhabitants of Canada.
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    American Revolution

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    American Revolution

  • Decloration of Independence

    Decloration of Independence

  • American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance

    American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance

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    Simon Bolivar

    Strong central government. Power divided among different branches of government or it would become to strong.
  • Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America

    Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America

  • Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France

    Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France

  • Storming of the Bastille, prison (and amory) in Paris

    Storming of the Bastille, prison (and amory) in Paris

  • National Constituent Assembly and French Decaratin of the Right of Man

    National Constituent Assembly and French Decaratin of the Right of Man

  • Beheading of King Louis XVI

    Beheading of King Louis XVI

  • Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue

    Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue

  • U. S. Bill of Rights ratified by states

    U. S. Bill of Rights ratified by states

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    French Revolution

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    Haiti Revolution

  • French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Dominqu

    French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Dominqu

  • France delcares war on Austria

    France delcares war on Austria

  • France declares war on Great Britain

    France declares war on Great Britain

  • All slaves on Saint Dominque emancipated by th French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British

    All slaves on Saint Dominque emancipated by th French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British

  • Toussaint leads troops against the British

    Toussaint leads troops against the British

  • French colonist forces defeated by Toussaint

    French colonist forces defeated by Toussaint

  • Toussaint negotiates peace with the British

    Toussaint negotiates peace with the British

  • War ends between Great Britain and France

    War ends between Great Britain and France

  • Constitution for Haiti

    Constitution for Haiti

  • New declaration of war between Great Britain and France

    New declaration of war between Great Britain and France

  • French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence

    French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence

  • Napoleon crowns himself empror of France

    Napoleon crowns himself empror of France

  • Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself empror of Haiti

    Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself empror of Haiti

  • British end the slave trade

    British end the slave trade

  • Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies

    Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies

  • French expelled from Spain

    French expelled from Spain

  • Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone

    Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone

  • French abolish slave trade

    French abolish slave trade

  • U.S. President Monrow declares doctrine against European interderence with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine

    U.S. President Monrow declares doctrine against European interderence with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine