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Stamp Act
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Sugar Act
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independance
-Everyone has rights
-Govs duty is to protect those rights
--If they don't-it's our right to overthrow them -
Battle of Saratoga
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British Surrender @ Yorktown,VA
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Constitutional Convention
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Constitution ratified
The Constitution was viewed as a social contract and there was a separation of powers-Legislative,Executive,and Judicial branches