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Thomas Hobbes !
Believed that the government and religion should be seperated . Politics should be based on reason ! -
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John Locke !
• Believed that all people were born good and had natural rights by God • Social COntract • Freedom of Religion -
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Baron de Montesquieu
• Govennemt should be broken into different branches to keep one person from taking total control
Legislative : Make laws
Judicial : Interpret laws
Executive : Enforce laws
• Seperation of powers ! -
English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire !
• Things should be explained logically
• Fought against intolerance , tyranny , and superstition
• Believed in freedom of thought and respect for everyone
• Believed that certain religions were too powerful and didnt except views of others -
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Benjamin Franklin !
• Believed the government should have single legislature
• Didnt believe people in charge should get paid
• Slavery was wrong
• Believed in common sense and reason -
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Jean - Jacques Rousseau
• Against absolute power
• Believed in Individualism
• People should have power or say in government
• Laws should be strictly enforced
• Majority rule -
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Adam Smith !
• Self interest guides were the most effective use of resources
• Free enterprise
• People working for monet benefitted themselves but also society
• Charity was virtous but society shouldnt be dependent on it -
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Cesare Beccaria !
• Didn't believe in cruel and unusual punishments
• Fair and speedy trials
• Same crime = Same punishment
• Consitutional Proctetion -
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Thomas Jefferson
• Believed majority of people would do the right choices when given • No too much power for the government • All people should be involved in making decisions • King shouldnt have all power -
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Father Hidalgo
• Mexicos freedom
• Urged people to fight for independence -
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Mary Wollstonecraft !
• Fought for womans rights
• Fought against inequalites in education
• Equal treatment for all human beings
• People should be judged by individual morals and merit , Not gender ! • Education based on reason -
Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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Quebec Act
This was a law designed to give the french people living in Canada more greater rights . Colonies with Western Land were cut off from what they had hoped would be new wealth . -
The Quartering Act
This required the Colonies to allow the British Troops into their homes to give them food and any supplies that they needed . -
Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Tarring and Feathering
During the spring of 1766 Captain William Smith came under suspicion as informing others of American smuggling activities . He had to go through the tarring and feathering first hand . After he went through this they dragged him through the streets and threw him into the ocean . He was rescued right before he was about to drown. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Boston Massacre
This was the killing of 5 colonists by British regulars . It happened after the tension gret from the Royal troops appearing in Massachusetts in October 1768 to make the sure the taxes got carried out . Only two of these men were convicted of murder . -
Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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The Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee was a Birtish Royal Navy ship assigned to regularly stop merchant ships to check their cargo . On this day the Gaspee was chasing a ship believed to have been smuggling goods . The next day a group of men boarded the ship , led by John Brown , and set the ship on fire . -
The Tea Act
Passed by Parliament on May 10 , 1773 . It was enacted to prop up the East India Company . They were dropping financially and had eight million pounds of tea in their hands . The tea was shipped directly to the harbor and supposed to have been sold for a low bargain price . -
Boston Tea Party
A group of about 50 men boarded the ship at night dressed as mohawk indians , On that night 342 chests were split open and thrown into the harbor . -
Administration of Justice Act
This bill stated that British Officials couldn't be tried for capitol punishments in court . They would have to be taken back to Britain and be judged there . This gave free reign to them in America since they couldn't be punished . -
Massacusetts Government Act
Annuled the charter of the colonies . This took control out of the hands of colonists and put it into the British . -
Quebec Act
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Boston Port Bill
Closed the Boston Harbor off till the damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid off . -
First Continental Congress
It was held in Philadelphia's Carpenters Hall . 12 of the 13 states sent their delegates to this very first and important meeting . This session continued into late October . They wanted to right the wrongs that had been made to the colony . -
Battle of Lexington and Concord !
The first shot starting the Revolution was shot on this day in Lexington . The colonists going against the British were called the Minutemen . When the Britsih soldiers reached Lexington they had a great advantage . -
The British are COMING !
Paul Rever was sent by Dr . Joseph Warren to go to Lexington , Massachusetts to warn Samual Adams and John Hancock that British troops were coming to arrest them . On the way there Rever warned every how that he passed and finally reached Lexington at midnight that night . He then shouted " The Regulars are coming ! " -
Second Continental Congress
This second Congress meeting was ran over by John Hancock . Some of the topics discussed during this were ; Military Matters , Statements of Position , How to FInance the war , Independece , Opening of the Diplomatic Channels , and Legislation . -
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Common Sense
This book was published by Thomas Paine sometime in January of 1776 . It had soon became a number one seller in Europe and the Colonies . Also it went through many editions and Paine became world famous for it . This book was foremost about declaring Independence . Soon it would start a new movement of Sovereignty of the people and written Constitutions . -
Declaration of Independence
This was the document formaly declaring our Independece from Great Britain . Drafted by Thomas Jefferson , It was signed by all the delegates from each state . -
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
• Believed government should be divided
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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 1789 , 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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French Revolution !
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Haiti Revolution !
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U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue
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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 Hait
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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
