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Thomas Hobbes
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John Locke
Natural rights (life, liberty, & property). Kings Power should be limited. Social contract. Freedom of religion. -
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Baron de Montesquieu
Believed in limited king (ruler) power. Seperation of powers check and balance 3-branches (limited power so president isn't a tyrant.) -
English Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
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Benjamin Franklin
Single legislation with advisory bored. People in charge shouldn't be paid. Slavery in morally wrong. Simple lifestyle guided be common sense and reason. -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Against absolute power/control of government. Government should do what majority of people wanted. Democrocy. Enlightenment. Individual Rights. -
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Adam Smith
Work benefits you and economy. Don't depend on charity. Self intrest guides efficient use of resources. -
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Cesare Beccaria
People who were accused of a crime should have rights. Fair and speedy trial. Torture was wrong. Same crime = same punishment. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Individual rights protected by government. People involved in making desicions for country. Everyone gets education. No government with to much power. -
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Father Miguel Hidalgo
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Fight for womens rights. Equal treatment of all human beings. Education for men AND women. Wives = are NOT property. -
Tar and Feathering
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Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Britain and France
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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The Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Quartering Act: March 24, 1765 - forced to house British soldiers.
Boston Port Bill: Effective June 1, 1774 - colsed the port of Boston until they could pay for the damages of the Boston Tea Party.
Administration of Justice Act: Effective May 20, 1774 - Protected British Officials from the law.
Massachusetts Government Act: Effective May 20, 1774 -Controlled towns with British Gorveners.
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North America colonists
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Boston Massacre
Five American colonist were killed by British regulars. -
Roit in Boston met with violence by British Troops
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The Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee was chasing a chip believed to be summgling goods when they crashed into Narragansett Bay, near Providence. -
Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Boston Tea Party
American colonest dressed up as Native Americans and threw Englands supply of tea into the Harbor. -
Fisrt Continental Congress
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Quebec Act
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American Revolution
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American Revolution
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Decloration of Independence
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American and French representatives 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. Power divided among different branches of government or it would become to strong. -
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 amory) in Paris
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National Constituent Assembly and French Decaratin of the Right of Man
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue
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U. S. 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 Dominqu
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France delcares war on Austria
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France declares war on Great Britain
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All slaves on Saint Dominque emancipated by th French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British
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Toussaint leads troops against the British
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French colonist forces defeated by Toussaint
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Toussaint 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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New declaration of war between Great Britain and France
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence
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Napoleon crowns himself empror of France
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself empror of Haiti
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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 Monrow declares doctrine against European interderence with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine
