HIST 2905 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Byrsonima Crassifolia, Materialism, Protestantism
8 Dec 2017
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History: lecture 12 + 13 (the thirty years" war + the. He was the presiding sprit behind the parliamentary model. Imagined what human life would be like before government, before civil society. Believed it would have been a happy/good place. Land is abundant, people are scarce, they are free from theft. People eventually grew tired of the state of nature and entered into civil society (willingly) Government is the product of a contract. If rulers acted arbitrarily, people were allowed to act out. His writings have a lot of power. Events that follow james ii takes the throne (charles i"s successor) He appointed catholic to part of government and the army. The people turn to william of orange and mary. William lands in england in 1688, accepts the peoples" command. He had the military power to defeat james ii. William and mary become the king and queen of england. With minimal violence, they took the throne.
