American Revolution

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  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

    Taxing sugar and coffee
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    Taxed any paper product
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers open fired
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Hurdled tea into the harbor to protest tax on tea
  • The battle of Lexington

    The battle of Lexington

    Tensions between the colonist and British.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The declaration shows that we have natural rights. It's our duty to get rid of government who doesn't protect our rights. Popular sovereignty and that people are the ones with power
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • British surrender at Yorktown,Virginia

    British surrender at Yorktown,Virginia

  • Constitutional convention

    Constitutional convention

  • Constitution was ratified

    Constitution was ratified

    They saw the the government in terms of a social contract in which we the people of the United States entered also seperation of power among the judicial,legislative and executive branches a concept borrowed from Montesquieu.