Slogan used by colonists who protested against British government by dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
It served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the U.S.
A political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, when American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
Group of wealthy plantation owners and businessmen who united 13 disparate colonies and fought for independence from Britain.
Thomas Paine's writing that influenced the American Revolution by convincing the otherwise undecided public opinion that independence was a necessity.
Document that says “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.”
