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Baron de Montesquieu
He said the government should be broken
into different sections and that each should have some power to control the others -
Engliah Bill of Rights
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Voltaire
She focused on fighting for the rights of women
and against the inequalities in education, she also worked for the equal treatment of all human
beings. Wanted men to treat their wives as
equals, not as property. -
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin believed in a government that had a single legislature with an advisory board. The board
of people would also work for the government. He did not believe the people in charge should be
paid for their services. He also felt that slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished. believed in a simple lifestyle that used common sense and reason -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
He believed that individuals should have certain rights. He was
against the absolute power or control of the Church and government, and he believed that the
government should do what the majority of the people wanted. He also argued that if the people
were in control, then the rules should be strictly enforced. Rousseau felt that education needed to
be changed. He believed that children should be allowed to show their emotions in order to
become well-rounded and freethinking individuals. Ro -
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Adam Smith
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Cesare Beccaria
believed that people who were accused of a crime should have rights. He believed that education would reduce the
crime rate. The right to a fair and speedy trial was one of his ideas. He also believed that the
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Thomas Jefferson
Believed that individual
freedom and rights should be protected by government.
Everyone should be allowed to get an
education regardless of social status. -
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Hidalgo
formed ideas about freeing Mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners. -
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Mary Wollstonecraft
She focused on fighting for the rights of women
and against the inequalities in education, she also worked for the equal treatment of all human
beings. Wanted men to treat their wives as
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Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France
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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament
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Tarring and Feathering
In the 1760's is when it started, but a specific event that happened was to Captain William Smith becasue he was under suspicion of telling the British about Amercian smuggling activities. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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American Revolution
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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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Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
believed in a strong central government. He admired the parliamentary system of Britain
and thought that political power should be divided among different branches of government. He
was afraid that if power was not divided one branch of government would become too 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 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 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 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 join the French army and fight against the 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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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 the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine.
