American Revolution

By majestica.weatherford
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    ~The Declaration reflects several ideas of John Locke: Government's duty to protect the people's natural right.
    ~People have the right "to alter or abolish" unjust governments.
    ~Popular sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Ratification of the US Constitution

    Ratification of the US Constitution

    ~They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which "We the people of the United Sates" entered
    ~There was also a separation of powers among the judicial, legislative and executive branches a concept borrowed from Montesquieu