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John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government"
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Montesquieu's "The Spirit of the Laws"
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Rousseau's "The Social Contract"
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Stamp Act
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Boston Massacre
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Crispus Attucks death
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Boston Tea Party
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Samuel Adams leader during Boston Tea Party
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Passage of Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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Men fought during Revolutionary War
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White Settlers helped fight the war
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American Indians fought on either side of the war
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Women held the houses down in absence of their men
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Free and enslaved African Americans fought in the war on either side
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Patrick Henry Speech
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Paul Revere Midnight Ride
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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George Washington appointed Commander in Chief
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Thomas Jefferson drafts Declaration of Independence
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Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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John Adams signs Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Trenton
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Battle of Saratoga
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette in Battle of Yorktown
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Battle of Yorktown