Founding Fathers

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly.
  • The Death of George Washington

    The Death of George Washington
    Washington died of epiglottitis when he was 67 in Mount Vernon, Virginia.