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Religion should be separated from politics.
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Natural rights, limited power to the king, social contract between government and people, and freedom of religion.
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The government should be broken into three branches, one branch controlls the other, separation of power: checks and balances.
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All things must be explained logically and reasonably; fought against intolerance, tyranny, and superstition; freedom of thought; respect for all individuals, against all religion that was too strict and did not respect the view of others.
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Single legislature with an advisory branch, slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished.
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Individual rights, individual freedoms, majority rule.
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Individual freedom, modern economics, and charity was a virtuous act but society should not depend on it.
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Death penalty and torture are wrong, education reduces crime rates, right to a fair speedy trial, and punishment should fit the crime for all.
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Individual's freedom and rights should be protected by the government, everyone should have the opportunity of education, and didn't want a government with too much power.
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Freeing Mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners, marched through the streets of Mexico, was captured and shot, and fought for Mexican independence.
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Women's rights, inequalities in education, equal treatment of all human beings, pople should be judged on individual merit and moral virtue, and wives are equals, not property.
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Originated in the Middle Ages. Brought into popularity in the 1760s as a way to humiliate loyalists who were considered traitors.
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Forced colonial officials and citizens provide room and board for British soldiers.
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Britain's East India Trading Company was selling tea extremely inexpensive tea, so the British government put a tax on tea because it was still cheaper than it's regular price. The patriots rebeled, dressing as Mohawk indians and boarfing the ship. They dumped hundreds of crates of tea into the harbor.
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Gave British government total control over Massachusetts government, town meetings, etc.
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British officials could not be tried in a colonial court, basically making them exempt from punishment of any crimes.
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Cut off western colonies by extending Canadian border.
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Boston Harbor was closed until the loss from the Boston Tea Party was paid for
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Gathering of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies to discuss grievances of British rule and how to remedy them.
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Paul Revere rode to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn the Sons of Liberty there that British troops were coming to arrest them.
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The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington. British Troops were marching to confiscate arms amased by Americand and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock..
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Delegates met and justified their participation in the war, discussed it's finances, and began to assemble ideas on military action.
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This was a political pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was so powerfully written that every one was inspired to take part in and support the revolution. It gained the support of the majority of the population of the colony.
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The Declaration of Independence was a letter sent to King George declaring that all the colonies were free from English rule. This essentially marked the beginning of the war and of the colonial dedication to it.
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Strong central government, three branches, power not divided is too strong, and people should not vote until they are educated.
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