The American Revolution

The year is 1774. The British Parliament has unleashed the Intolerable Acts upon the American Colonies, tightening its imperial control over the continent after the shock of the Boston Tea Party. Outrage spreads across the colonies, which have gathered in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress to discuss how (or whether) to resist. Should the American colonies pursue reconciliation with the empire, or is a separation from the British altogether the only way to continue forward?