After studying philosophy, midicine, law, and mathmatics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford
Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote ʺI think, therefore I amʺ
Anthony Ashley Cooper "Lord Aashley' who is an important Britsh potitician meets and befriends Locke
| Locke who is now Lord Ashley's personal physician supervises a liver operation that saves Lord Ashley's life and remarkably he lives another 15 years
Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new Brit. Colonies in America Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
| Locke writes his first draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in it are ideas on Natural Law; based partially on the writings of others
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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
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
England's Glorious Revolution: Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
Essay Concerning Human Understanding by Locke is published
Locke meets Sir Issac Newton and they become friends
2 Treaties of Civil Government by John Locke is published
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Locke is appointed to the British Board of Trade and even though his health is failing he is its most influential member
John Locke Dies
Thomas Jefferson borrows from Locke's ideas to write Declaration of Independence
