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Seperating religon from polites,seprating knowlegde from faith (seperation of church&state)
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Natural rights,kings should be limited,freedom of religon,agreement between the gov and the people were a soical contract.
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He wanted a slitp government. Thought the government should be broken into different sections and that each should have some power to other people.
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believed that religion was too powerful and defended individuals who suffered because of their beliefs. Was against any form of religion that was too strict,even though he believe in god.
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believed in a government that had a single legislature.He did not believe the people in charge should be paid for their services. Like doing a lot of different things.
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believed that individuals should have certain rights. ideas of individual freedom spread. felt that education needed to
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believed that someone working to earn money benefited himself but also benefited society as a whole.
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He wanted to make sure that crimialr had some rights.
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believed that the majority of the people would make the right choices when given the chance. Didn't want a goverment that had too much power.he supported the people that
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focused on fighting for the rights of women and against the inequalities in education.elieved that people should be judged based on individual merit and moral virtue, not on gender.
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Started in the middle ages became a popular punishment in the colonies in the 1760's used to intimidate Biritish supporters.
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It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts
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While being harssed by colonies Birtish tired on and killed 5 colonits. One of the 1st black men was killed.
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British ship chasing smugglers ran a ground that was set on fire by colonist.
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Customs ships contined the patrol the sea off the voast of America. They would regurlary stop merchant ships to examine their vargo looking for illegal goods,and enforcing British customs and taxation laws. The Gaspee was a British Royal Navy ships assigned customs duty.
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Committies sent out info to colonies about current events involing Birtish treament of colonies.
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Didnt riase taxes and would have been cheaper tea for colonies but rov. leaders fought the British and just tired to buy peoples support.
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Was a group of men that went onto the ship that full of tea. They dumped 342 boxes of into the bay. Many people think that the men made a lot of noise but teht made little of no noise when doing it.
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Meeting was called by Benjamin Franklin, but failed to gain much by much support ntil after the Port of Boston was closed in response to the Boston Tea Party.
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Quatering Act- Made to supply to the troops with their own money. Boston Port Bill Close to port of boston until the damages of the tea party was clean-Administration of Justice Act- This bill stated that British Officials could not be tried in provincial courts for capital crimes-Massachusetts Government Act- This bill effectively annulled the charter of the colonies, giving the British Governor complete control of the town meetings-Quebec Act-May 20, 1774 wont let anyone past the Conn, Mass,Va
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Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia.
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British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the key leaders of the patriot movement.
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The Second Continental Congress was presided over by John Hancock, who replaced the ailing Peyton Randolph, and included some of the same delegates as the first, but with such notable additions as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Joseph Galloway, the Pennsylvania conservative, was not in attendance.
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Common Sense was an instant best-seller, both in the colonies and in Europe. It went through several editions in Philadelphia, and was republished in all parts of United America.
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The most important resolution to emerge from John Hancock’s Presidency is the Declaration of Independence. Our editors have recommended concision on each of these chapters but this is unfathomable due to the Declaration of Independence.
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