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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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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration reflects several ideas of John locke , Governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights .
People have the right " alter or abolish unjust governments .
Popular sovereignty , which states that all government power comes from the people . -
The Battle of Saratoga
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Surrender at Yorktown
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Constitutional Convention
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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
