American Revolution

By keyara.williams
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Masacre

    Boston Masacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Defects the people's natural rights
    Governments job to protect those rights
    If not we can over throw them
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Constitution was ratifed

    Constitution was ratifed

    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.