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This is the time of the Enlightened Thinkers.
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The Leviathan theory was a theory proposed by Thomas Hobbes in 1651. It argued that the absolute power of the sovereign ruling them was justified by the consent of the governed people.(https://www.britannica.com/topic/Leviathan-by-Hobbes)
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The Two Treatises of Government is a document made by John Locke in 1689. It was a major statement of the political philosophy. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Two-Treatises-of-Government#ref344909)
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The Spirt of Laws is a treatise on political theorys. It was published in 1748 by Barron De Montesquieu. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_the_Laws)
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The social contract is is the term applied to the political theories.
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Candide is a book published by Voltaire in 1759. It brings optimistic thinking to the table. (https://www.owleyes.org/text/candide/analysis/themes)
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Louis XVI was the last King of France and didnt really want to be there. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI)
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It was the first meeting since 1614 and it was assembled by King Louis XVI.(https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-beginning-of-revolution/#:~:text=The%20Estates%2DGeneral%20of%201789%20was%20the%20first%20meeting%20since,in%20May%20and%20June%201789.)
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This is the time span of the French Revolution.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a meeting which they agreed not to disband until a new French constitution. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-estate-makes-tennis-court-oath#:~:text=In%20these%20modest%20surroundings%2C%20they,French%20constitution%20had%20been%20adopted.)
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The Storming of the Bastille was in 1789, and it brought many people in an angry mob to a Prison in Paris. (http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106472.html#:~:text=On%2014%20July%201789%2C%20a,in%20the%20Revolution%20that%20followed.)
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The Great Fear was a period of panic and riot by peasants in 1789. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Fear)
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French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. (https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen)
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During this time the Haitian Revolution was happening.
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The slaves rising up on northern plantations of St. Domingue was also know as the Haitian Revolution. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution)
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written in 1791 and published in 1792, with a second edition appearing that same year. (https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/mary-wollstonecraft-a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman)
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One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-executed#:~:text=One%20day%20after%20being%20convicted,de%20la%20Revolution%20in%20Paris.)
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This marks the beginning of almost two years of repressing perceived enemies of the Revolution. (https://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/timeline/reign.html#:~:text=a%20public%20square-,1793,its%20end%20in%20July%201794.)
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On February 4, 1794 France became the first European country to officially outlaw slavery in all its colonies. (http://www.uky.edu/~popkin/Haitian%20Revolution%20Lecture.htm#:~:text=On%20Feb.,another%20first%20in%20European%20history.)
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The Directory was when the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Directory-French-history)
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The war of knives was a civil war from June 1799 to July 1800 between the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Knives)
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The French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Constitution-of-1791-French-history)
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On June 8, 1801, Toussaint Louverture proclaimed the new constitution in Saint-Domingue and is declared Governor General for life. (https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/this-day-in-history/haitian-revolution-toussaint-louverture/#:~:text=This%20day%20in%20Caribbean%20history,declared%20Governor%20General%20for%20life.&text=The%20constitution%20attempts%20to%20establish,to%20receive%20benefits%20from%20France.)
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He was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture)
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Haiti's very first flag as an independent nation is said to be created by revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1803. (https://restavekfreedom.org/2019/04/04/the-history-of-the-haitian-flag/#:~:text=Haiti's%20very%20first%20flag%20as,make%20the%20first%20Haitian%20flag.)
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This time was the Revolutions in Latin and South America.
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The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict and political process, lasting from 1808 to 1821. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spain-accepts-mexican-independence)
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On May 24, 1813, Simón Bolívar entered the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela. (https://stampaday.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/simon-bolivar-el-libertador-de-venezuela/#:~:text=On%20May%2024%2C%201813%2C%20South,(%E2%80%9CThe%20Liberator%E2%80%9D).)
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The Battle of Chacabuco was fought during the Chilean War of Independence, occurred on February 12, 1817. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chacabuco)
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The Battle of Boyaca that happened in 1819, was the decisive battle that ensured the success of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Boyac%C3%A1)
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Perus independence was declared on July 28, 1821. Spanish power was broken and Peru's independence ensured. (https://www.britannica.com/place/Peru/Achievement-of-independence)
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Gran Colombia formed in South America in 1819. (https://www.pbs.org/wnet/civilization-west-and-rest/killer-apps/property/map-american-expansion-u-s-a-and-gran-colombia/)