Периоды
13 colonists stretch along
the east coast of north america.French and Indian war endsGeorge the III goes to powerStamp Act:
1st british parliamentary attempt to
raise revenue through dired taxation
of all colonial commercial and legal
papers, newspapers, pamphlets,
cards, almanacs, and dice.Parliament repealed the Stamp ActNew laws passed to punish the
colonists for the troubles they causedNatural Law:
The doctrine that human affairs
should be governed by ethical
principles that are part of the very
nature of things and that can be
understood by reason.Laissez Faire:
a policy or attitude of letting things
take their own course, without
interfering; such as governments
NOT interfering in the workings of
the free market.John Locke published "Two Treaties of Government":Montesquieu published " The Spirit of the Laws"Denis Diderot produced a 28 volume set of books called the "Encyclopedia"Rousseau published "The Social Contract"Jonathan Swift published "Gulliver's Travels"Thomas Paine published, "Common Sense"British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballsBattle of SaratogaTroops at Valley Forge were starving, freezing and suffering from disease.
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