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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
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Declaration of Independence
Government's duty to protect the people's natural rights.
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
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British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
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Constitutional Convention
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Constitution was Ratified
They saw the government inn terms of a social contract "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.
