When the break in the relationship between the American colonists and the British government became irreparable, assignment help

1. For the first part, I want you to discuss, with your supporting reasons, when YOU think the break in the relationship between the American colonists and the British government became irreparable. Was it when the Boston Tea Party happened? When the British issued the “Intolerable Acts”? Or some point after that? You can choose any event from 1773 all the way through Independence Day. Just remember, whichever answer you choose, you must support with reasons and evidence.

2. You are Samuel Tilden. The election of 1876 seemingly has gone your way. You’ve won the popular vote, and are just one electoral vote shy of capturing the majority of those votes as well and winning the election. Then the federal election committee announces its decision to award the final disputed 20 electoral votes to your rival, Rutherford Hayes. In exchange, your party agrees that the final troop removal from the South will occur as a resutl
Should you accept the Compromise of 1877 and the subsequent defeat in the Presidential election, or should you stick up for yourself, challenge the results and thus undo the carefully crafted end of Reconstruction? Defend your answer.