Revolution

Revolutions

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    Thomas Hobbes

    -Seperating religion from politics
    -Seperating knowledge from faith
    -seperation of church and state
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    John Locke

    -Natural rights
    -Kings power should be limited
    -Freedom of religion
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    Baron de Montesquieu

    -The Government should be broken into different sections and each should have some power to control others.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

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    Voltaire

    -All things must be experienced reasonably and logically.
    -Believed religion was to powerful.
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Believed in a Government that had a single legislature with an advisory board
    -He also felt that slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished
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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    -Individual Rights
    -Support French Revolution
    -Majority rule
    -Children should be able to show emotions
    -Support of enlightment
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    Adam Smith

    -Wrote a book called "The Wealth of Nations" which was his most famous book published in 1776
    -Was a teacher that taught ethics, human motives, and society
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    Cesare Beccaria

    He believed that education would reduce the crime rate
    -Torture was wrong
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    Thomas Jefferson

    -Didn't want a Government that had to much power
    -Everyone should be allowed to have a education
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    Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

    -After France invaded Spain and Napolean replaced the spanish king with his brother, Hidalgo formed ideas about freeing Mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners.
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    Mary Wollstonecraft

    -She fought for equal rights of all human beings
    -She wrote two books that discussed womens rights
  • Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France

    Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France

  • When the Stamp Act went into effect, there were no stamp commisioners in the colonies left to collect it

  • Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

    Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

  • Repeal of Stamp act

    Repeal of Stamp act

  • Captain William Smith comes under suspicion of American smuggling activities

  • Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists

    Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists

  • The Boston Massacre is when British Regulars killed 5 colonists in Boston, Massachusetts

  • Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops

    Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • American and French representativessign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a treaty of Alliance

    American and French representativessign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a treaty of Alliance

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    Simón Bolívar

    -Believed in a strong central government.
    -He also encouraged all the countries in Spanish America to join
    together as one nation to guarantee prosperity and security.
  • Ratificationof constitution of the of The United States of America

    Ratificationof constitution of the of The United States of America

  • Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France

    Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France

  • Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris

    Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris

  • National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man

    National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Beheading of King Louis XVI

    Beheading of King Louis XVI

  • Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue

    Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue

  • U.S Bill of Rights ratified by states

    U.S Bill of Rights ratified by states

  • French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the Saint Domingue

    French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the Saint Domingue

  • France declares war on Austria

    France declares war on Austria

  • France declares war on Great Britain

    France declares war on Great Britain

  • All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British

    All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British