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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 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. -
the battle of saratoga
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surrender at yorktown , virginia
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constitutional convention
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constitution was ratified
they saw the government in terms of a social contract in which we the people of the united states entered. there was also a separation of powers among the judicial , legislative and executive branches ; a concept borrowed from montesquieu
