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Deism
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religion that believes reason, rather than revelation or tradition, should be the basis of belief in God
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Haitian Rebellion
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was entirely driven by the passions of men and women who had been enslaved most if not all of their lives. They didn't simply desire liberty, they wanted vengeance. Over the next three weeks, the slaves burned every plantation throughout the fertile regions of Haiti and executed all Frenchmen they could find.
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Benjamin Banneker
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wrote to Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, with an eloquent pleading for justice for African Americans, calling on the colonists' personal experience as "slaves" of Britain and quoting Jefferson's own words and had an almanac
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Washington's Farewell Address
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speech warned about the dangers of political parties
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Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
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helped make religious freedom part of the Constitution; by Thomas Jefferson
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Virginia Declaration of Rights
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by George Mason; document proclaiming that individual natural rights are inherent and calling for American independence from Britain
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