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Thomas Hobbes
Religion and politics should be separated. Government based on reason. Separate knowledge from faith. People are greddy and should sumbit absolute power of the state. -
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Johnn Locke
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Baron de Montesquieu
Limit the power of the king. Government broken down into sections have power to control another make,interpet, and enforce laws. ( separation of powers) -
Englsih Bill of Rights
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Cesare Beccaria
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Tarring and Feathering
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Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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The Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The British Government reap greater benefits from the colonies. Tax heavier and without representation in Britain. After the Boston Tea Party Brisith pased what are now considered The Intolerable or Coercive Acts. Give british complete control over town meetings. Closed the port of Boston to all colonist and make them furnish barracks and supplies to British troops -
Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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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
The death of five colonists by British regulars. It was caused by the friction with the Royal troops that began when they first appeared in Massaschusetts in October 1768 to enforce the tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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Burning of the Gaspee
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The Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Boston Tea Party
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Quebec Act
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First Continental Congress
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Declaration 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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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 1789 Storming of Bastille,prison(and armory)in Paris
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National Constitution Assembly and Frech Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Beheading of King Louis XV1
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Slave rebllion in Saint Domingue
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U.S Bill of Rights ratified by states
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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 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 revoltionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British
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Toussaint leads troops aginst the British
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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Toussaint negotiates peace with British
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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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General leclerc sent by napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery
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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 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-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 new republics in the Americas,know as the Monroe Doctrine
