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thomas hobbes
Religion should be separted from politics -
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John Locke
-Natural rights
-limited power to the King
-social contract
-Freedom of Religion -
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Baron de Montesquiue
The gov't should be broken down into 3 branches
-one branch has controll over another separtion of powers and chacks and balance -
English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
-Freedom of thought for all people
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Benjamin Franklin
-Single legislative with an advisory board
-Slavery was morally wrong should be abolished -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Individual Rights freedom
-Majority rules -
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Adam Smith
-Economics
-Individuals freedom -
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Caesre Beccaria
-Death Penalty & Believed torture was wrongr
-Education reduces crime rates
-Right to a speedy and fair trial
-Punishment should fit the crime for all -
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Thomas Jefferson
-Individuals freedom and rights should be protected by government
-All people should be able to get an education
didn't want a government -
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Father Hidalgo
-Mexico's independence
-Question the church -
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Mary Wollstonecraft
-Fighting for women's rights
- education
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Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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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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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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Colonial America, 1772-1774
Committees of Correspondence, was formed to have an oraganize particular issues concerning government. -
The Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee followed a merchant ship that was believed to to be smuggling goods. So the following night whe followed in to the Province, John Brown and a group of wealthy merchans wounded the lieutenant and set the ship a flame. -
Tea Act
This act was created to not raise any new taxes for the colonies for tea that went unsold. -
Boston Tea Party
This was organized because the colonist were angered with the taxes be put on the for drinking smuggled tea. -
First Continental Congress
They met to right the wrongs that had been done to the colonists.Also they met to creat a unified voice so that they could be heard by London. -
Quebec Act
This act was organized to give the French more power of Canada. -
The British are coming....
Revere was sent to warn the colonist that the British troops were headed for them. -
Lexington&Concord
The British planned on arresting the two main characters in the Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams and John Hancock. After the battle began in Lexington. -
Second Continental Congress 1775-1776
to converse on how to heal the wounds that the mother contry had left on the colonies and how they would recover from them. -
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American Revoultion
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Common Sence was published
was published to put a focus on the issues in the colnies caused by the King. -
Declaration of Independence
this was writen up so that the colonies could finally declare their independence from England. -
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
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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
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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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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 Domingue
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U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states
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French Revolution
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Haiti 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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France declares war on Great Britain
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All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British
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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 ends between Great Britain and France
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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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New declaration of war between Great Britain and France
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti
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British end the slave trade
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Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies
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French expelled from Spain
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Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone
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French abolish slave trade
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U.S. President Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine
