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Sugar Act
Taxing sugar and coffee. -
Sugar Act
Taxed sugar and coffee. -
Stamp Act
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Boston Masscre
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Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration reflects several ideas of John Locke: Government's duty to protect the people's natural rights. People have the right 'to alter of abolish" unjust governments. Popular sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people. -
Battle of Saratoga
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British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
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Constitutional Convention
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Ratification of the US Constitution
They saw the government in terms of 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 Montesquieu.