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John Locke is born in England
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After studying medicine, philosophy, mathematics, and law, Locke graduated with several degrees He became a very important professor at Oxford College
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Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method grows fond of it. It includes the quote "I think, therefore I am"
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Anthony Ashley Cooper "Lord Ashley,"an important British politician, becomes friends with Jonh Locke
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Locke watches over a liver operation that saved Lord Ashley's life and incredibly he lived another 15 years
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Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina ecause of Lord Ashley's involvement in the British colonies in America
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Locke writes his first draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, it contained ideas on the Natural Law.
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Locke's begins to write the idea of the Social Contract. he was not the first to come up with the ideas.
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Locke's ideas triggered an attack against the king. Lock flee to Holland, while several supports of his ideas are arrested and some are even killed
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During Englad's Glorious Revolution, Locke is accepted back into the country by the King.
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John Locke publishes Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Locke and King Ashely become friends
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Two Treatises of Civil Government by John Locke is published
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Locke becomes the British Board of Trade, however, his health begins to jail. (1696-1700)
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John Locke dies
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Thomas Jefferson uses Locke's ideas to create the Declaration of Independence
