Revolution

Revoultions. :)

By m.flores
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    Thomas Hobbes

    -Emphasized reason instead of faith
    -Strong government based on reasoning
    -religion and politics should be seperate
    -seperation of church and state
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    John Locke

    -natural rights given by God
    -life, liberty, property
    -limited government
    -social contract
    -freedom of religion
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    Baron de Montesquieu

    limited government
    three different branches
    seperation of powers
    checks and balances
  • English Bill of Rights. :)

    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
    Education for everyone
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    Father Hidalgo

    Independence
  • Stamp Act passed by British Parliament.

    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
    equal opportunity
  • Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France.

    Seven Years' War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France.

  • Committees of Correspondence.

    Committees of Correspondence.

    the first was established in Boston. charged with rallying opposition to the recently enacted Currency Act.
  • Intolerable Acts.

    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.

    Repeal of Stamp Act.

  • Tarring and Feathering.

    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

    Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists

  • Riots in Boston met with violence by Britsh troops

    Riots in Boston met with violence by Britsh troops

  • The Burning of the Gaspee.

    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

    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

    First Continental Congress

    Twelve of the thirteen colonies sent delgates discussed important things. Georgia didn't send anyone.was not advocating indepence just trying to change the wrongs that had been brought upon the colonies. took place in carpentars hall.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

  • The Quebec Act

    The Quebec Act

    designed to affor greater rights to the French inhabitants of Canada.
  • The Paul Revere House

    The Paul Revere House

    Paul Revere went to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming.
  • Lexington and Concord.

    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.

    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.

  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    writen by Thomas Paine. advocated a declaration of independence. postulation a special moral obligation of America to everyone else.
  • Declaration of Independence.

    Declaration of Independence.

    Stating our independence from Britain. rights. Life, liberty, and property.
  • Declaration of Independence.

    Declaration of Independence.

  • American and French representatives sign two treaties: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance

    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
    checks and balances
  • Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America

    Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America

  • Estates General convened for the firdt time in 174 years in France 1789 Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris.

    Estates General convened for the firdt time in 174 years in France 1789 Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris.

  • National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man

    National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Beheading of King Louis XVI

    Beheading of King Louis XVI

  • Slave Rebellion on Saint Domingue

    Slave Rebellion on Saint Domingue

  • US Bill of Rights ratified by states

    US Bill of Rights ratified by states

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    French Revolution.

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    Haiti Revolution.

  • French National Assembly gives citzenship to all free people of color in the colony of Sanit Domingue

    French National Assembly gives citzenship to all free people of color in the colony of Sanit Domingue

  • France declares war on Austria

    France declares war on Austria

  • France declares war on Great Britain

    France declares war on Great Britain

  • All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to jion the French army and fight against British

    All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to jion the French army and fight against British

  • Toussaint leads troops against the British

    Toussaint leads troops against the British

  • French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint

    French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint

  • Touisant negotiates peace with the British.

    Touisant negotiates peace with the British.

  • Touissant negotiates peace with the British

    Touissant negotiates peace with the British

  • War ends between Great Britain and France

    War ends between Great Britain and France

  • Constitution for Haiti

    Constitution for Haiti

  • General Leclerc sent by Napolean to subde colony and re-institute slavery

    General Leclerc sent by Napolean to subde colony and re-institute slavery

  • New Declaration of war betweem Great Britain and France

    New Declaration of war betweem Great Britain and France

  • French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence

    French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence

  • Napolean crowns himself emperor of France

    Napolean crowns himself emperor of France

  • Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti

    Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti

  • British end the slave trade

    British end the slave trade

  • Declarations of self-governing in most Latin American colonies

    Declarations of self-governing in most Latin American colonies

  • French expelled from Spain

    French expelled from Spain

  • Napolean defeated and French empire reduce in Europe to France alone

    Napolean defeated and French empire reduce in Europe to France alone

  • French abolish slave trade

    French abolish slave trade

  • U.S. President Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine

    U.S. President Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine