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John Locke is Born in England
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After studying philosophy, midicine, law, and mathmatics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford
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Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote ʺI think, therefore I amʺ
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Anthony Ashley Cooper "Lord Aashley' who is an important Britsh potitician meets and befriends Locke
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| 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
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Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new Brit. Colonies in America Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
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| 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
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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 Locke is published
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Locke meets Sir Issac Newton and they become friends
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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
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John Locke Dies
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Thomas Jefferson borrows from Locke's ideas to write Declaration of Independence
