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Thomas Hobbes
-Religion should be separated from politics
-Separate knowledge from faith -
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John Locke
-Natural Rights
-Limited power to the King
-Social contract between people and government
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Baron de Montesquieu
-Government split into three branches
-Each branch has some control over another branch
-Separation of powers
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English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
-Freedom of thought for all people
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Benjamin Franklin
-Single legislature with an advisory board
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Individuals have certain rights
-Majority rule
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Adam Smith
-Individual freedom
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Cesare Beccaria
-Death Penalty and torture was wrong
-Education reduces crime rate
-right to a speedy and fair trial
-Punishments should fit the crime for all -
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Thomas Jefferson
-Individuals freedom and rights should be protected by the government
-All the people should be able to get an education
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Father Hildago
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Seven Years War Peace Treaty
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Committees of Correspondence
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The Coercive or Intolerable Acts
Quartering Act: Established on March 24, 1765 At first it was only authorities that were required to furnish barraks and supplies to British troops but it was expanded to public houses, unoccupied buildings, and also occupied buildings.
Boston Port Bill: Established on June 1, 1774 the bill closed the Boston Harbor from the colonists until the damages from the Boston Tea Party was paid.
Admission of Justice Act: Established May 20, 1774 British Official
Massachusettes Government Act:
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Stamp Act Passed by British Parliament
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Tar and Feathering
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, New Revenue taxes on North American Colonists
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The Boston Massacre
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British Troops
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The Gaspee Incident
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Tea Act
The act didn't impose any new taxes but it was the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
After the Tea Act the colonists were still angry. They wanted Britian to send the ship back with the tea that I didn't want. After Britian wouldn't let the ship leave the port there were men dressed as indians who dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
Each colony (except Georgia) sent Delegates to represent their colony at the meeting. They were discussing important issues that were happening between them and Britian. They finally decided to try and make amends instead of fight against them. -
The Qubec Act
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The British are Coming...
Paul Revere was told to ride to Lexington, Massachusettes and warn them that the British were coming to arrest them. He warned many other people on the way and the were ready for a battle plan. -
The Shot Heard Round' the World
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Declaration of Independence
Congress finally decide to declare independence from Britian. Jefferson wrote the document and first had John Adams and Benjamin Franklin edit it. Then they took it to the committee and they made more edits. The final document was presented on July 4, 1776. -
Thomas Paine: Common Sense
Annomiously published by Thomas Paine, it immediately became a best seller in the Colonies and also in Europe. The book advocated an immediate declaration of independence. -
American and French represenatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance
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Simon Bolivar
-Strong central government
-Spanish America countries to become one nation
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Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America
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Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France
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Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris
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National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave Rebellion in Saint Somingue
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US Bill of Rights ratified by states
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French Revolution
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Haiti Revolution
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French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue
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France declairs war on Australia
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France declairs war on Great Britian
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All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authroities to join the French army and fight against the British
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Toussiant leads troops against the British
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French colonial forces defeated by the Toussaint
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Toussaint negotiates peace with the British
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War ends between Great Britian and France
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Constitution for Haiti
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General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery
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New declaration of war between Great Britian and France
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French withdraw troops; Hatians declare independence
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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British end the slave trade
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Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies
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French expelled from Spain
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Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone
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French abolish slave trade
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U.S. President Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine
