American Revolution

By Shawntrell Cockerham
  • 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 of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration reflects several ideas of John Locke:
    - 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

    Battle of Saratoga

  • Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Ratification

    Ratification

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