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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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The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence reflects several ideas of John Locke .
Government duty to protect the peoples natural right
People have the right to after or abolish unjust governments
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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 which " we the people of the unite states entered .executive There was also a separation of power among the judicial , legislative and executive branches a concept borrowed from Montesquieu
