Choose ONE of the events listed below to represent the emergence of an American identity. Explain your choice, and
provide at least ONE piece of evidence to support your explanation.

End of the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) in 1763 and the start of the taxes in the colonies

The fighting of the Boston Massacre 1770 and the impact of propaganda

Signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and officially separating from Great Britain