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Boston massacre
5 people died -
Boston Tea Party
Protest on tea tax -
The battle of Lexington
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Declaration Of independence
Governments job is to protect our natural rights.
People have the right to abolish the government if it does not protect them. -
Battle of saratoga
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British surrender at Yorktown
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Constitutional Convention
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Ratification of the constitution
They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which we the people of the united states entered, separation of powers -
Sugar Act