- The Boston Massacre: On March 5, 1770, a group of British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists in Boston, killing five people. This event sparked widespread outrage and protests throughout the colonies. Colonists refused to submit to British authority, and tensions escalated, leading to the American Revolution.
- The Boston Tea Party: On December 16, 1773, a group of colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water. This act of defiance was in response to the Tea Act, which gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. Colonists refused to pay taxes on British tea and took direct action to resist British control over their economic affairs.