american revolution

  • 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 natural rights,governments job is to protect those rights, and we have the right to alter or abolish
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga

  • surrender at yorktown

    surrender at yorktown

  • constitutional convention

    constitutional convention

  • ratification of the constitution

    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 seperation of powers judicial, legislative and executive branches