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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 other people's natural rights. People have the right "to alter and abolish" unjust governments. Popular sovereignty states that all government power comes from the people. -
Battle of Saratoga
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British Surrender at Yorktown
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Constitution was ratified
They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which "We the people." There was also separation of powers among the judicial, legislative, and executive branches; a concept borrowed from Montesquieu
