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Thomas Hobbes
He believed that religion should
be separate from politics. He supported a strong government based on reason. -
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John Locke
Locke believed that all people were born good and were given natural rights by God. -
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Baron de Montesquieu
He agreed with Locke in many ways about the role of government.He said the government should be broken
into different sections and that each should have some power to control the others. He wanted
government to split into three branches. One branch would make laws, another would interpret
the laws, and the third would enforce the laws. This system is called separation of powers, and
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english bill of rights
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Voltaire
He believed in freedom of thought and respect for all individuals.Most
importantly, he believed that religion was too powerful and defended individuals who suffered
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin believed in a government that had a single legislature with an advisory board.Franklin believed in a simple lifestyle that used common sense and reason to make
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
He believed that individuals should have certain rights.Rousseau felt that whatever the majority of the people wanted should become law.He was
against the absolute power or control of the Church and government, and he believed that the
government should do what the majority of the people wanted. He also argued that if the people
were in control, then the rules should be strictly enforced -
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Adam Smith
His beliefs of “free enterprise” -
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Cesare Beccaria
believed that people who were accused of a crime should have rights.He did not like
the death penalty and believed torture was wrong. He believed that education would reduce the
crime rate. The right to a fair and speedy trial was one of his ideas. He also believed that the
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson believed that the majority of the people would make the right choices when given the
chance. -
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
break free -
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Mary Wollstonecraft
While she focused on fighting for the rights of women
and against the inequalities in education, she also worked for the equal treatment of all human
beings. believed that people should be judged based on individual merit and moral virtue, not on gender. -
tar and feather
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seven years "war peace treaty between Great Britan and France
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The coercive or intolerable
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intolerable or coercive acts
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stamp act passed by British Parliament
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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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the boston massacure
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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the gaspee
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the tea act
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Boston Tea Party
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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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
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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 (
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National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man
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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
