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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexingtion
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Declaration of Independence
Government's job is to protect our natural right.
People have the right to abolish the government if it doesn't protect
them.
All government power comes from the people -
Battle of Saratoga
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British surrender at Yorktown , Virginia
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Constitutional Convention
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Constitution was ratification
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.
