American Revolution

By leeanndrat
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    • Reflects natural rights. (life, liberty, & property)
    • Government's job to protect rights.
    • If government doesn't protect the rights the people can over throw them.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Constitution was Ratified

    Constitution was Ratified

    • They say the government in terms of a social contract in which "We the people of the United States" entered.
    • There was also a separation of powers among the judicial, legislative, and executive branches; a concept borrowed from Montesquieu.