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1773
Boston Tea Party -
1775
The Battle of Lexington and Concord -
1781
British at Yorktown, Virginia -
1787
Constitutional Convention -
1789
Constitution was ratified
They saw the gonvernment in terms of a social contract in which "We the people of the the United States" entered
There was also a separation of powers among the judicial, legislative and excutive branches a concept borrowed from montesquieu -
1764
Sugar Act -
1765
Stamp act -
1770
Boston Massacre -
1776
The declaration reflects several idea of John Locke Governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights
People have the right to alter or abolish unjust government
Popular Sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people -
1777
Battle of Saratoga
