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Thomas Hobbes
-Emphasized reason instead of faith
-Strong government based on reasoning
-religion and politics should be seperate
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John Locke
-natural rights given by God
-life, liberty, property
-limited government
-social contract
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Baron de Montesquieu
limited government
three different branches
seperation of powers
checks and balances -
English Bill of Rights. :)
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Voltaire
freedom
logic & reason
respect for individuals -
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Benjamin Franklin
single legislative with advisory board
people in charge shouldnt be paid
slavery is morally wrong
simple lifestlye guided by common sense and reason -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
against absolute power
individual rights
democracy
majority rules
enlightenment
importance of reason -
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Adam Smith
individual freedoms
economy
free enterprise
working benefits for the not only the society, but himself -
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Cesare Beccaria
People who were accused of a crom should have rights
Fair & speedy trial
Same crime=same punishment
torture was wrong
cruel and unusual punishment -
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Thomas Jefferson
majority if people will make right choices
government should protect individual rights & freedoms
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Father Hidalgo
Independence -
Stamp Act passed by British Parliament.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
equal treatment for all human beings
people should not be judged on gender
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Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France.
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Committees of Correspondence.
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Intolerable Acts.
Quartering Act, Boston Port Bill, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quebec Act. This was retaliation of the British. to bring the colonies to the heal of the King.
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Repeal of Stamp Act.
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Tarring and Feathering.
This was a form of punishment. They would pour tar on them, stick feathers on them, letting them be a comical figure. most of them ended up dead. -
Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Riots in Boston met with violence by Britsh troops
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The Burning of the Gaspee.
They were chasing a ship that was believed to be smuggling goods. The next night a group of men boarded the ship, wounding the lieutantant in charge, and burned down the ship. -
Boston Tea Party
intended to raisne revenue in the colonies. designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially. Turned the ships back to Britain. Britain got mad and sent people to gaurd the harbor. this led to the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
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First Continental Congress
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The Quebec Act
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The Paul Revere House
Paul Revere went to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord.
The colonists were expecting a fight with the British. they had a small army and called them Minutemen. They were called Minutemen because they needed to be prepared to fight on a minutes notice. -
Second Continental Congress.
Presided over by John Hancock. talked about military matter, state of position, financing war, independence, etc. -
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American Revolution.
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Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence.
Stating our independence from Britain. rights. Life, liberty, and property. -
Declaration of Independence.
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American and French representatives sign two treaties: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance
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Simon Bolivar
importance of reason
strong central governent
seperation of powers
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Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America
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Estates General convened for the firdt time in 174 years in France 1789 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 on Saint Domingue
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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 citzenship to all free people of color in the colony of Sanit Domingue
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France declares war on Austria
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France declares war on Great Britain
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All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to jion the French army and fight against British
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Toussaint leads troops against the British
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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Touisant negotiates peace with the British.
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Touissant negotiates peace with the British
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War ends between Great Britain and France
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Constitution for Haiti
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General Leclerc sent by Napolean to subde colony and re-institute slavery
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New Declaration of war betweem Great Britain and France
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence
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Napolean crowns himself emperor of France
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti
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British end the slave trade
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Declarations of self-governing in most Latin American colonies
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French expelled from Spain
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Napolean defeated and French empire reduce 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
