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John Locke was born in England.
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After studying philosophy, medicine and mathematics and gradutating with multipe degrees, John Locke decides to become an extremely important proffesor at Oxford College.
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Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse or 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" is an important British politician, meets and befriends John 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 he amazingly lives another 15 years.
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Because of Lord Ashley's invovlement 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 other people.
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John Locke 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 more popular.
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John Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland and many that agreed with him, including Lord Ashley, were arrested for treason and some were 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 Concernign HUman Undertanding by John Locke is published.
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John Locke meets SIr Isaac Newton and they become friends.
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Two Treaties of Civil Government by John Locke is published.
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John Locke is appointed to the British Board of Trade and even though his health is failing, he is the boards most ingluential member.
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John Locke dies.
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Thomas Jefferson borrows Locke's ideas to write the Declaration of Independence.
