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- He tried to separate knowledge from faith. (which eventually got him into trouble with the British Parliament).
- He believed that religion should be separate from politics.
- Major belief was that all people are fearful and greedy.
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- Locke believed that all people were born good and were given natural rights by God.
- Believed that the king’s power should be limited by laws enacted by the people (This type of government is called a constitutional monarchy).
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- Believed in limited king (ruler) power.
- Separation of powers checks and balances. (3 branches: executive, legislative, and judicial).
- Limits power so president isn’t a tyrant.
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- Freedom.
- Logic & reason.
- Respect for individuals.
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- Franklin believed in a government that had a single legislature with an advisory board.
- People in charge should not be paid for their services.
- Felt slavery was morally wrong.
- Simple lifestyle guided by common sense & reason.
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- Majority rule.
- Individual freedom.
- Democracy.
- Enlightenment.
- Importance of reason.
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- Work benefits you & economy.
- Don’t depend on charity.
- Self interest guides efficient use of resources.
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- People who were in accused of a crime should have rights.
- Fair & speedy trial. Same crime = same punishment.
- Torture was wrong.
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- Majority of people will make a right choice.
- Government should protest individual rights & freedoms.
- Education for everyone.
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- Hidalgo formed ideas about freeing Mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners.
- He delivered the “Grito de Dolores,” a fiery speech in which he urged people to fight for Mexico’s independence.
- Hidalgo was able to run north, but he was quickly captured and then shot.
- He was a well-educated, liberal priest who urged his parishioners to fight for independence.
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- Equal treatment of all human beings.
- Education for men and women should be based on reason.
- People should be judged based on individual merit and moral virtue, not on gender.
- Wanted men to treat their wives as equals, not as property.
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Punishment started in the middle ages and got popular in the 1760's in the colonies.
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The colonist mobbed the soldiers and the soldiers killed 5 colonist.
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A group of men including John Brown (leader of the group) borded the Gaspee and wounded the lieutenant and then set the ship on fire. The men where never found, so no one was ever charged for the offence.
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- Bolívar believed in a strong central government.
- He thought that political power should be divided among different branches of government.
- He was not willing to give all the people the power to vote until they were properly educated in how the political process worked.
- He also encouraged all the countries in Spanish America to join together as one nation to guarantee prosperity and security.
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