Revolution

Revolutions

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    Thomas Hobbes

    Big Ideas
    -Religion and Politics separate
    -Separation of Church & State
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    John Locke

    Big ideas
    -Born good and given natural rights
    -Believed in constitutional monarchy
    -Froodom of Religion
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    Baron de Montesquieu

    Big Ideas
    -Goverment broken into parts
    -Executive Branch
    -Judicial
    -Legislative
    *Some have powers over others
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

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    Voltaire

    Big Ideas
    -All things must be explained logically and reasonably
    -Freedom of thought
    -Against strict religion
    -Literacy was a skill that could solve anything
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Big Ideas
    -Single legislator w/advisory board
    -Didn't think people in charge should be paid for services.
    -Slavery should be abolished!
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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Big Ideas
    -What majority wants becomes law
    -Individuals should be allowed to: experiance and explore life
    -Individuals have certain rights
    -Supported the Enlightenment

  • The Gaspee Incedent

    Was the burning of a boat convicted of smuggling.
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    Adam Smith

    Big Ideas
    -Individual freedom
    -Free enterprise
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    Cesare Beccaria

    Big Ideas
    -Criminals had some rights
    -Torture was wrong
    -Education would reduce crime rate
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Big Ideas
    -Against a government that was too powerful
    -Everyone had a right to education
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    Father Hidalgo (Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla)

    Big Ideas
    -Faught for Mexicos Independence
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    Mary Wallstonecraft

    Big Ideas
    -Womens rights
    -Husbands should treat wives as equals and not as property
  • Seven Years War Peace Treaty

    Seven Years War Peace Treaty

    Between Great Britan and France
  • Stamp Act Passed

    Stamp Act Passed

    By Britain
  • Repeal of Stamp Act

    Repeal of Stamp Act

  • Townsend Act

    Townsend Act

    New revenue taxes on North American colonists

  • The Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre The increase of tension of the invation of the British resulted in the killing of 5 American colonies by British troops.
  • Boston Riots Controlled by British Troops

    Boston Riots Controlled by British Troops

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

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    American Revolution

  • Declaration on Independence

    Declaration on Independence

  • Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance Signed

    Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance Signed

    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 Bolivar

    Big Ideas
    -Political power should be derived from branched
    -People should't vote unless they are educated
  • Estates General Convened for the first time in 174 years in France

    Estates General Convened for the first time in 174 years in France

  • Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris (FR)

    Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris (FR)

  • National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man (FR)

    National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man (FR)

  • Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America (US)

    Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America (US)

  • Beheading of King Louis XVI

    Beheading of King Louis XVI

  • Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue (Haiti)

    Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue (Haiti)

  • U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states (US)

    U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states (US)

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    French Revolution

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    Haiti Revolution

  • French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue. (FR/ Haiti)

    French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue. (FR/ Haiti)

  • France declares war on Austria (FR)

    France declares war on Austria (FR)

  • 1793 France declares war on Great Britain (BR/FR)

    1793 France declares war on Great Britain (BR/FR)

  • Saint Domingue Slaves emancipated

    Saint Domingue Slaves emancipated

    All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British (Haiti)
  • Toussaint leads troops against the British (Haiti)

    Toussaint leads troops against the British (Haiti)

  • French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti)

    French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti)

  • Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti)

    Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti)

  • War ends between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)

    War ends between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)

  • Constitution for Haiti (Haiti)

    Constitution for Haiti (Haiti)

  • General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery (FR)

    General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery (FR)

  • New declaration of war between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)

    New declaration of war between Great Britain and France (BR/FR)

  • French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence (Haiti)

    French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence (Haiti)

  • Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France

    Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France

  • Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti (Haiti)

    Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti (Haiti)

  • British end the slave trade (BR)

    British end the slave trade (BR)

  • Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies (Latin America)

    Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies (Latin America)

  • French expelled from Spain. (FR)

    French expelled from Spain. (FR)

  • Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone (FR)

    Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone (FR)

  • French abolish slave trade (FR)

    French abolish slave trade (FR)

  • Monrow declares Doctrine Agains Europe

    Monrow declares Doctrine Agains Europe

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

  • Tar & Feathering Captain William Smitg

    Captain William Smith was convicted of smuggling and was punished with tar and feathers. He was then showed through the town and thrown into the sea and left to drown.