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John Locke is born
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John Locke
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After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford College
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Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote "I think, therefore I am''
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Anthony Ashley Cooper '' Lord Ashley'' who is an important british politician meets and befriends Locke
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Locke is now ''Lord Ashleys'' personal physician
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Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new British colonies in America Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
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Locke writes the frist draft of the essay concerning human understand in it are ideas for the natural law
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Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract, he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular
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Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed
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England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
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essay concerning human understanding by John Locke is published
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Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends
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two treatises of civil government by John Locke is published
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Locke is appointed to the british board of trade and event though his health is failing he is its most influetnual member
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John Locke dies
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Thomas Jefferson borrows from Lockes ideas to write the Declaration of Independence