In 1770, a group of people were protesting outside the Boston Town Hall. They were protesting against the unfair taxation and lack of representation in the government. Soon, the British troops arrived. Then they fired shots. Three were injures and 5 were killed.
The entrance of West Germany into NATO was the final step in integrating that nation into the defense system of Western Europe. It was also the final nail in the coffin as far as any possibility of a reunited Germany in the near future. For the next 35 years, East and West Germany came to symbolize the animosities of the Cold War. In 1990, Germany was finally reunified; the new German state remained a member of NATO.
