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sugar act
parliament passed this act that taxed sugar and coffee -
stamp act
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boston massacare
british soldiers opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them snowballs and rocks -
boston tea party
colonist protested to put tax on tea -
the battle of lexington
a war known as the american revoultion -
declaration of independence
government duty to protect the peoples natural rights
people have the right to alter or abolish unjust governments
popular soverightny states that all government power comes from the people -
battle of saratoga
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british surrender at yorktown,virginia
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constitutional convention
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ratification of the us constition
the constitution creates a represenative government that limits governments powers comig from lockes belief . there was also a seperartion of powers among the judicial legislative and executive branches a concept borrowed from montesquieu. they saw the government in terms of a social contract in which . "we the people of the united"
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