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Sugar Act
The English taxed the Sugar and Coffee. -
Stamp Act
Taxed any paper product. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fired on a crowd that was pelting them with snow balls. -
Boston Tea party
The Colonist hurled a cargo of British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea. -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
Tensions between the Colonists and British finally erupted into war. This was the start of the American revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
The Congress met and voted to declare independence from Britain.
Reflects some of John locke's ideals. 1. Governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights, life,liberty,and happiness. 2. People have the right to abolish that government if it does not protect them. 3. Also that the governments power comes from the people. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
The British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
Constitution becomes the Supreme law
With a unanimous vote.
1.They saw the government in terms of social contract in which "we the people of the United states" entered.
2.The Government split up into three branches Judicial, Legislative and Executive.
