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John Locke writes Two Treatise on Goverment, which argues that all people have natural rights. These essays inspired revolutinaries in France and the American colonies to overthrow their monarchs.
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A circle of cobblestones marks the site of the Boston massacre. ( the backround stands the old state house )
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The Boston Massacre pitted British soldiers against local workers and resulted in the death of five men. The event galvanized many towards the cause of independence from the British.
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General George Washington assumes command of the Contential Army in Cambridgem MA.
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American forces under the command of General Horatio Gates defeated British troops in New York. British General John Burgoyne retreated to Saratoga, and on October 13th, surrendered.
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a group of Parisian revolutionaries seizes Bastille prison in a dramatic act of protest against King Louis XVI. The storming of the Bastille was the symbolic start of the French Revolution.
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At the height of the French Revolution, Louis XVI was tried before the National Convention and convicted of high treason. He was executed by guillotine
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Georges Jacques Danton was an early leader of the French Revolution. He was also executed by guillotine
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Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Franklin and Adams helped revise the Declaration of Independence, which drew from established political philosophy in justifying the need for independence ( from left-to-right - Franklin , Adams , & Jefferson )
