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Thomas Hobbes
Religon should be separated from politics.
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John Locke
Natural Rights
King should be limited
Freedom of Religion
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Baron de Montesquieu
Government should be broken into dfferent sectons and that each should have some power to control others. -
English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
All things must be explained reasonably and logically He believed in the freedom of thought and respect for all individuals. -
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Benjamin Franklin
1 House
Didn't think people in charge should be paid
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Individual rights
Support French Rev.
Majority rule
Against absolute power
Control of gov. by church
Children should beable to show emotons
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Adam Smith
Philospher who focused on the role of economics. -
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Cesare Beccaria
Wanted to make sure crimnals had rghts.
Torture was wrong
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Thomas Jefferson
Majority of the people would make the right choces when gven the chance. Believed that freedom and rights should be protected by government -
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Fought for the rights of women
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Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliamen
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Tar and Feathering
Captain William Smith was tar and fearther because they thought he was informing to the british. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Boston Massacre
The british killed 5 colonist. -
Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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The Gaspe Incident
The british owned a ship called the gaspee, the colonist wounded the leader and burned down the ship. -
Commttees Of Correspondence
Special committees of correspondence were formed by the colones local government. The committees were responsible for taking the sense of their parent body on a particular issue, -
Tea Act
This was designed to prop up the East India Company which had eighteen million pounds of unsold tea -
Boston Tea Party
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Boston Tea Party
Sam Adams and his mob dump 342 chest of tea into the boston harbor -
First Continental Congress
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The Quebec Act
a law designed to gve greater rights to the French inhabitants of Canada, which had come under British rule through the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Coercive Acts
Coercive Acts were made to bring the colonies to the heal of the King
* Quartering Act:
* Boston Port Bill
* Administration of Justice Act:
* Massachusetts Government Act
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Shot heard around the world
first shots fired starting of the revolutionary war. -
The British are coming
Paul Revere famous ride warning Sam Adams and John Hancock, the british are on their way to arrest them. -
Second Continental Congress
The second meeting this time with john hancock -
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American Revolution
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Thomas Paine Common Sense
A pamphlet that blamed the suffering of the colonies on King George III. -
Declaration Of Independence
Declaring our freedom from the british. -
Declaration of Independence
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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
tutors emphasized the importance of reason, science, and respecting humanity. Bolívar believed in a strong central government. -
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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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 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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ean-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.
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First Continental Congress
A meeting of 12 colonies wth 55 delegates to talk about the issues.
