The American Revolution

By D.Minor
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    1.All have natural rights
    2.Government protects our rights
    3.If Government doesn't protect our rights then we have the right to over throw the government
  • British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Constitution was ratified

    Constitution was ratified

    -They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which "we 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.