Revolution

Revolutions

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    Baron de Montesquieu

    He said the government should be broken
    into different sections and that each should have some power to control the others
  • Engliah Bill of Rights

    Engliah Bill of Rights
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    Voltaire

    She focused on fighting for the rights of women
    and against the inequalities in education, she also worked for the equal treatment of all human
    beings. Wanted men to treat their wives as
    equals, not as property.
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Franklin believed in a government that had a single legislature with an advisory board. The board
    of people would also work for the government. He did not believe the people in charge should be
    paid for their services. He also felt that slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished. believed in a simple lifestyle that used common sense and reason
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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    He believed that individuals should have certain rights. He was
    against the absolute power or control of the Church and government, and he believed that the
    government should do what the majority of the people wanted. He also argued that if the people
    were in control, then the rules should be strictly enforced. Rousseau felt that education needed to
    be changed. He believed that children should be allowed to show their emotions in order to
    become well-rounded and freethinking individuals. Ro
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    Adam Smith

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    Cesare Beccaria

    believed that people who were accused of a crime should have rights. He believed that education would reduce the
    crime rate. The right to a fair and speedy trial was one of his ideas. He also believed that the
    punishment should be the same for everyone who commits the same crime.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Believed that individual
    freedom and rights should be protected by government.
    Everyone should be allowed to get an
    education regardless of social status.
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    Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

    Hidalgo
    formed ideas about freeing Mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners.
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    Mary Wollstonecraft

    She focused on fighting for the rights of women
    and against the inequalities in education, she also worked for the equal treatment of all human
    beings. Wanted men to treat their wives as
    equals, not as property.
  • Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France

    Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
  • Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

    Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
  • Tarring and Feathering

    In the 1760's is when it started, but a specific event that happened was to Captain William Smith becasue he was under suspicion of telling the British about Amercian smuggling activities.
  • Repeal of Stamp Act

    Repeal of Stamp Act
  • Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists

    Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
  • Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops

    Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
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    American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration 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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    Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)

    believed in a strong central government. He admired the parliamentary system of Britain
    and thought that political power should be divided among different branches of government. He
    was afraid that if power was not divided one branch of government would become too 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 armory) in Paris

    Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris
  • National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man

    National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights 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 Domingue.

    French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue.
  • France declares war on Austria

    France declares war on Austria
  • France declares war on Great Britain

    France declares war on Great Britain
  • All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British

    All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the 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 colonial forces defeated by Toussaint

    French colonial 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
  • General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery

     General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery
  • 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 emperor of France

    Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
  • Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti

     Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor 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 Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine.

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