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Sugar Act
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Stamp 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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The Declaration of Independance
Everyone has natural rights -
Battle of Saratoga
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British surrender at Yorktow
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Constitutional Convention
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Constitution was ratified
They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which "we the people of the united states" entered