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American Revoultion Time Line .
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As a university-trained Catholic priest dedicated to astronomy, Copernicus was acquainted with the Sun-centered cosmos of the ancient Greek Aristarchus.
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in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy.
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Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
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In political philosophy the social contract or political contract is a theory or model, originating during the Age of Enlightenment, that typically addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
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On this day in 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain and its king.
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was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a fundamental impact on French history and on modern history worldwide.
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The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
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was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights.
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King Louis was a horrible king
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was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
