American Revolution

By Morgan Summers
  • 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 Independence

    Declaration Independence

    He writes that everyone has natural rights, if government does not protect those rights we can over throw that government. Popular sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • British Surrender Yorktown

    British Surrender Yorktown

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • The Ratification Constitution

    The Ratification Constitution

    Its a social contract.They saw 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.