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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: Government's duty to protect the people's natural rights .
- People have the right "to alter or abolish" unjust governments
-Popular Sovereignty- all government power comes from the people -
Battle of Saratoga
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British Surrender at Yorktown, Virigna
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Constitutional Convention
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Constitution was Ratified
-They saw the government in terms of official social contract in which "We the people of the United States" entered.
-There was also a separation fo powers among the judicial, legislative and executive branches; a concept borrowed from Montesquieu.
