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Thomas Hobbes
Big Ideas
-Religion and Politics separate
-Separation of Church & State -
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John Locke
Big ideas
-Born good and given natural rights
-Believed in constitutional monarchy
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Baron de Montesquieu
Big Ideas
-Goverment broken into parts
-Executive Branch
-Judicial
-Legislative
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English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
Big Ideas
-All things must be explained logically and reasonably
-Freedom of thought
-Against strict religion
-Literacy was a skill that could solve anything -
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Benjamin Franklin
Big Ideas
-Single legislator w/advisory board
-Didn't think people in charge should be paid for services.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Big Ideas
-What majority wants becomes law
-Individuals should be allowed to: experiance and explore life
-Individuals have certain rights
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The Gaspee Incedent
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Adam Smith
Big Ideas
-Individual freedom
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Cesare Beccaria
Big Ideas
-Criminals had some rights
-Torture was wrong
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Thomas Jefferson
Big Ideas
-Against a government that was too powerful
-Everyone had a right to education -
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Father Hidalgo (Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla)
Big Ideas
-Faught for Mexicos Independence -
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Mary Wallstonecraft
Big Ideas
-Womens rights
-Husbands should treat wives as equals and not as property -
Seven Years War Peace Treaty
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Stamp Act Passed
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act
New revenue taxes on North American colonists -
The Boston Massacre
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Boston Riots Controlled by British Troops
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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American Revolution
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Declaration on Independence
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Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance Signed
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 Bolivar
Big Ideas
-Political power should be derived from branched
-People should't vote unless they are educated -
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 (FR)
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National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man (FR)
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Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America (US)
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue (Haiti)
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U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states (US)
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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. (FR/ Haiti)
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France declares war on Austria (FR)
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1793 France declares war on Great Britain (BR/FR)
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Saint Domingue Slaves emancipated
All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British (Haiti) -
Toussaint leads troops against the British (Haiti)
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti)
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Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti)
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War ends between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)
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Constitution for Haiti (Haiti)
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General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery (FR)
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New declaration of war between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence (Haiti)
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti (Haiti)
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British end the slave trade (BR)
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Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies (Latin America)
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French expelled from Spain. (FR)
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Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone (FR)
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French abolish slave trade (FR)
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Monrow declares Doctrine Agains Europe
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Tar & Feathering Captain William Smitg
Captain William Smith was convicted of smuggling and was punished with tar and feathers. He was then showed through the town and thrown into the sea and left to drown.
