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Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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British at Yorktown, Virginia
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Constitutional Convention
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Constitution was ratified
They saw the gonvernment in terms of a social contract in which "We the people of the the United States" entered
There was also a separation of powers among the judicial, legislative and excutive branches a concept borrowed from montesquieu -
Sugar Act
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Stamp act
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Boston Massacre
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The declaration reflects several idea of John Locke Governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights
People have the right to alter or abolish unjust government
Popular Sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people -
Battle of Saratoga
