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John Locke was born in New England
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After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford Collage.
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Locke reads Descartes'
Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote "I think, therefore I am" -
Anthony Ashley Cooper "Lord Ashley" meets Locke
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Locke who is now Lord Ashley's personal physician supervises a liver operation
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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 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
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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 Sit Isaac Newton and they become friends
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Two Treatises of Civil Government by John Locke is published
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John Locke dies
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Thomas Jefferson borrows from Locke's ideas to write the Declaration of Independence
