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British Troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and clamp down on local radicals. -
The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continal Congress and makes the break with Britain. -
France allies itself with the new American government and will prove critical in winning the war. -
The Treaty of Paris ratifies the independence of the 13 North American States. -
A convention of states in Philadelphia proposes the Constitution to replace the much looser central government operating under the Articles of Confederation.
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