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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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Declaration of independence
The Declaration reflects several ideas of John Locke: Government's duty to protect people's natural rights.
People have the right " to alter or abolish" unjust governments.
Popular sovereignty, states that all government power comes from the people. -
Battle of Saratoga
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Surrender at Yorktown Virginia
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Constitutional Convention
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Ratification
They saw the government in terms of social contract in which " we the people of the united states" entered.
There was also a seperation of powers among the judicial, legislative and executive branches; a concept borrowed from Montesquieu
