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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 natural rights,governments job is to protect those rights, and we have the right to alter or abolish -
battle of saratoga
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surrender at yorktown
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constitutional convention
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ratification of the constitution
they saw the government in terms of a social contract in which "we the people of the united states' entered there was also a seperation of powers judicial, legislative and executive branches
