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These are the basics concepts of government:
Ordered Government
Limited Government
Representative Government

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Government is set up in a logical manner, offices are organized appropriately.

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Government is not all powerful; It can only have the powers granted to it by the people, and people have certain rights that can not be taken away.

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Government should serve the will of the people.

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Early English documents date back to 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. A 1776 document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation. The Declaration of Independence was written mostly by Thomas Jefferson.

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There were three types of British colonies: royal, proprietary, and self-governing. Proprietary is basically land grants from the British government. Royal is a colony ruled or administered by officials appointed by and responsible to the reigning sovereign of the parent state. Self-Governing was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony.

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A slogan of the revolutionary war and the years before. The colonist was not allowed to choose representatives to parliament in London, which passed the laws under which they were taxed.

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The principle of popular sovereignty was the basis for every new State constitution. That principle says that government can exist and function only with the consent of the governed. The people hold power and the people are sovereign.

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French and Indian War : 1754 British and French forces battle for control of the Ohio River Valley. British win and tax the colonies to repay massive war debts
The Stamp Act : 1765 parliament passed the Stamp Act a tax on paper goods. Outraged colonist boycott British goods claiming parliament had no right to tax them without their consent.
The Boston Massacre : March 5,1770, British soldiers in Boston are surrounded by an angry crowd of colonists and the soldiers open fire killing 4 and fatally wounding 2 colonists. The colonist call the even the Boston massacre and the killing lead to the withdrawal of British troops from Boston.
The Boston Tea Party : The British pass the Townsend Acts taxing all paper glass lead and tea. They send forces to the colonies to enforce the new taxes but shortly repeal all but the tea tax. Insulted by the tea tax a small band of patriots disguised as Native Americans board English ships in Boston Harbor and dumb 342 chest of tea overboard.
The intolerable Acts : a response to the Boston tea party British pass a number of punitive measures in the spring of 1774. Boston Harbor is closed. The colonists call for a Continental Congress’s in 1774. The repeal of the Intolerable Acts would be the colonists’ primary demand until independence.

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Virginia plan advocated two legislative houses of which membership would be based on population. New Jersey plan advocated one legislative house, membership in which would be equal for all states.  The Virginia Plan was used, but some ideas from the New Jersey Plan were added.

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The concept of limited government was a major feature of each State constitution. The powers delegated to government were granted relunctanly and hedged with many restrictions.

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Also known as the Connecticut Compromise,  was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

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In every State it was made clear that the sovereignty people held certain rights that the government must respect at all times. Seven of the new constitutions contained a bill of rights, setting out the “unalienable rights” held by the people.

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The 3/5 compromise  was a compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States constitutional convention. The Three Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of counting slaves towards population in regards to representation in the House of Representatives.

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Separations of Powers and Checks and Balances.

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Separations of Powers and Checks and Balances.

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The powers granted to the new State governments were purposely divided among three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Each branch was given powers with which to check (restrain the actions of) the other branches of the government.

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One of the major compromises in the Constitutional Convention was between the small states and big states. The small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in Congress. The big states wanted representation based on population.

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https://www.teachertube.com/video/federalists-vs-anti-federalists-94070

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The Federalist Party was the first American political party. It existed from the early 1790s to 1816.
Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.

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The Constitution of the United States is the central instrument of American goevernment and the supreme law of the land. For 200 years it has guided the evolution of governmental institutions and has provided the basis for political stability, individual freedom, economic growth, and social progress.

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The Federalists wanted a strong government and strong executive branch, while the anti-Federalists wanted a weaker central government.

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The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. The Congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain. As the war progressed, the Congress became the effective national

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The Federalists felt that this addition wasn't necessary, because they believed that the Constitution as it stood only limited the government not the people. The Anti- Federalists claimed the Constitution gave the central government too much power, and without a Bill of Rights the people would be at risk of oppression.

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The states retained all powers not specifically give to Congress.The states include the ability to collect taxes and enforce national laws. It was also up to the states to contribute funds to the national government as they saw it.

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Articles had given Congress that kept it from effectively enforcing its laws and policies. The articles denied Congress the power to tax. This situation made it hard to raise money for the national army. Congress also lacked the authority to regulate commerce, or trade, between the states

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In September 1786 a small band of Massachusetts farmers rebelled at the prospect of losing their land. By 1787, the ranks of Shays Rebellion had swelled to nearly 2,500.

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Colonial currencies had a big deal with it all there were two main currencies that everyone kind of used but it created conflict Bc of buying things and trying to agree on one currency.

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Second continental congress met three weeks after Lexington and Concord in Philadelphia. Congress’s first actions was to organize the ragtag militia around Boston into an official Continental Army. George Washington was unanimously voted its commander. In July 1775 the congress sent George III a final appeal. He refused to read the petition and on August 2: he proclaimed American colonists to be in a full state of rebellion. During the revolution congress would raise troops borrow money send diplomats to Europe, create a monetary system and declare the colonies independent from Britain.

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Thomas Jefferson of Virginia
James Adams of Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Robert R Livingston of New York

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Wrote most of the document and inspiration 

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Wrote most of the document and inspiration 

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Thomas Jefferson and he used the thought first penned by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase “Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” was first considered by Locke in his Two Treaties of Goverment.