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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 several ideas of John Locke: Governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights.
People have the right " To alter or abolish" unjust governments. -
Battle of Saratoga
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British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
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Constitutional Covention
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Constitution was ratified
They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which " We are 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.
