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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 Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration reflects that the people have natural rights.
People have the right "to alter or abolish" unjust governments.
Popular Sovereignty that states that all government power comes from the people. -
The Battle of Saratoga
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British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
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Constitutional Convention
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Ratification of the Constitution
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.
