American Revolution

By GregBlack
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle Of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle Of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration reflects ideas of John Locke:
    Government's duty to protect the people's natural rights:
    People have the right ''to alter or abolish'' unjust governments
  • 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 government in terms of a social contract in which ''We the people of the United States'' entered
    There was also a separation of powers among the judicial,legislative and executive branches;a concept borrowed from Montesqieu