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1173
Boston tea party
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Sugar act
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Stamp act
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Boston Massacre
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American Revolution
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Declaration of independence
Duty to protect the natural life, liberty, and property. People have the right "to alter or abolish" unjust government. -
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
Constitution creates a representative gov. that limits government powers, Locke believed power comes from approval of the people.
Constitution set up the federal system to divide power between the national and state government, including the 3 branches of gov making sure nobody takes complete power.