Resenting taxes imposed by the British parliament; patriot protests escalate to a peak on December 16; 1773 with the destruction of a shipment of tea; known as 'the Boston Tea Party'. The British government punished Massachusetts by closing the port of Boston and taking away self-government. The Patriots responded by setting up a shadow government that took control of the province outside of Boston and would place General George Washington to take charge of militia units besieging British forces stationed in Boston;The British government in February 1775 declared Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion. Then on April 19 - 1775 the first military actions of the American War of Independence (or Revolutionary War) took place; as fighting broke out between Massachusetts militia units and British regulars at Lexington and Concord...Contents:Laser-cut wooden blockhouseLaser-cut wooden ‘snake’ fences3 resin gun gabions3 plastic mounted commanders90 plastic British infantry120 Continental infantry30 Hessian Infantry3 plastic field guns (6 or 9-pdr)Molly Pitcher figure30 plastic Colonial Militia8 plastic Woodland Indians3 casualty figuresFull colour flags for each regiment
