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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 several ideas of john locke , Governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights , people have the right to "alter or 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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Ratification of the US Consitution
When a bill of rights was proposed in Congress in 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution. Finally, Rhode Island, which had rejected the Constitution in March 1788 by popular referendum, called a ratifying convention in 1790 as specified by the Constitutional Convention. -
Consitutional Convention