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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 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
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British surrender at Yorktown,Virginia
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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
There was also a separation of powers among the judicial,legislative and executive branches;a concept borrowed from Montesqieu
