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Sugar Act
Parliament taxes for sugar and coffee. -
Stamp Act
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Boston Massacre
5 colonists got angry due to the taxes and tried to throw rocks at the British soldier and they killed them. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dress up as Native Americans and dump millions of dollars worth of tea into the ocean. -
The Battle Of Lexington and Concord.
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Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration reflects we have our own rights, people have the right to alter of abolish, unjust governments, and popular sovereignty. -
Battle of Saratoga
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British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
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Constitution 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 power among the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive Branches; a concept borrowed from Montequieu.