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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 Control
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of independence reflects several ideas of John Locke. Governments duty to protect the people natural right. -
Battle of saratoga
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British surrender at Yorktown
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Constitutional Convention
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Ratification
They saw the government in terms of a social contract in which "We the people of the United States" entered. -
Montesquieu
There was also a separation of powers among the judicial, legislative and executive branches; A concept borrowed from montesquieu