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Thomas Hobbes
Emphasized reason instead of faith.
Strong government based on reason
Religion and politics should be seperate. -
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John Locke
Natural rights given by God. Life, liberty and property.
Social contract. People had the right to revolt.
Freedom of religion. King power should be limited. -
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Baron de Montesquieu
Believed in limited power for rulers.
Seperation of powers.
Checks and balances.
3 branches ( executive, legislative, judicial) -
English Bill Of Rights
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Voltaire
Against intolerence, tyranny and superstition.
Freedom of thought and respect for individuals.
Against strict religion.
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Benjamin Franklin
Single legislature w/ advisory board.
People incharge shouldn't be paid.
Slavery is morally wrong.
Simple lifestyle.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Majority rule.
Individual freedom.
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Adam Smith
Work benifits government and economy.
Don't depend on charity.
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Cesare Beccaria
Chriminals have rights.
Torture is wrong.
Fair and speedy trial.
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Thomas Jefferson
Majority makes the right decision.
Government protects the people.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Equal treatment for all human beings.
People should not be judged by gender.
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Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Britain and France
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The Quebec Act
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Intolerable Acts
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Tar and Feathering
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsned Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonist
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British Troops
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Boston Massacre
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The Gaspee
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Committees of Correspondence
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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First Continental Congress
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Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The famous ride warning Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British soldiers were coming to arrset them. As Revere made his ride he also warned the country. "The British are coming!" -
Shot heard 'round the world.
The first shots of the first battle of the Revolutionary War. Battled at Lexington and Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
All colonies were represented. -
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American Revoultion
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Publish of "Common Sense"
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Declaration of Independence
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Declaration of Independence
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Treaty of Amity and Commerce/ Treaty of Alliance
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Ratification of US Constitution
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Estates General convened for the first time in 174 yrs.
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Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris
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National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave rebellion in Saint Donmingue
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US Bill of Rights ratified
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French Revolution
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French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue
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France Declares War on Austria
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Haiti Revoultion
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France Declares War on Great Britian
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All Slaves on Saint Domingue Emancipated to join the French Army
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Toussaint leads troops against the British
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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Toussaint negotiates peace with the British
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War between France and Britain Ends
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Constitution for Haiti
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General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery
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War Declared between Great Britain and France, Again
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France withdraws troops; Haitians declare Independence
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Napoleon Declares himself Emperor of France
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Jean-Jaques Dessalines crowns himself Emperor of Haiti
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British End Slave Trade
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Declarations of self-government from most Latin American colonies
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French Expelled form Spain
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Napoleon Defeated; European French Empire reduced to France alone
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French Abolish Slave Trade
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Monroe Doctrine Declared
U.S. President declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas.
