American Revolution Timeline

By raider.reynolds
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    -The Declaration reflects several ideas of John Locke: Government's duty to protect the people's natural rights.
    -People have the right "to alter or abolish" unjust governments.
    -Idea of popular sovereignty, which states that all government power comes from the people
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

  • British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Constitution was Ratified

    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