The American Revolution

By ethan.frazier
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The declaration shows that we, as citizens, have natural rights. It also states that people have the rights to alter or abolish unjust governments. The document also expressed the idea of popular sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    American troops defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga.
  • British surrender at Yorktown

    British surrender at Yorktown

  • Constitution was ratified

    Constitution was ratified

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